Australia 2017 $1 Spirit Lives ANZAC coin

[seedyrom]

I must admit, I did get one 10c changeover coin in change out of the vending machine at work.
That was an odd (and cold) discovery.

I also did buy a couple of mint bags when you could get the from RAMint's eshop, but like you, I'm not prepared to break them open just yet.

[Hercules]

Hercules,
I have a found a few changeover 20c, but only 1 damaged $1.
Other than the 50c, the changeover coins are not very common.
I don't think I have rreceived any in change and in the rolls I have searched, they are pretty "few and far between".
If you have any $1 spare and are worried you won't get any 20c, we could do a trade of 20c for $1 coins?

Thanks for the offer, Ozcoins, but I haven't found any Changeover dollars yet, and I'm not prepared to break open the bag that I have. I also have a bag of the 20c ones, so there's really no incentive for me to do a swap.

According to my latest noodling stats, this is the frequency of each Changeover coin in Brisbane:

Changeover 5c: 0.03%
Changeover 10c: 0.5%
Changeover 20c: Not detected
Changeover 50c: 0.9%
Changeover $1: Not detected
Changeover $2: 0.8%

I know people who have found the Changeover 10c and $2 in change, and I've personally received a Changeover 50c in change, so they seem to be much more common than the others (at least in Brisbane). I also know someone who went to Melbourne recently and received a Changeover 5c in change, so the 20c and the $1 seem to be the scarcest of the six. :dodgy:

I must admit, I did get one 10c changeover coin in change out of the vending machine at work.
That was an odd (and cold) discovery.

I also did buy a couple of mint bags when you could get the from RAMint's eshop, but like you, I'm not prepared to break them open just yet.

In that case, just use the one you got from the vending machine, and do some noodling if you require more. Receiving one from a vending machine is a strong sign that there are others in your area, so you just need to be patient and wait for them to appear. :good:

[Ozcoins]

Sorry,
I misunderstood that you might have some spare/tradable noodled $1 from mentioning that you had not found any 20c, but not mentioning that you had not found the $1 (I hope that is clear?)

[Hercules]

Yeah. I didn't bother to mention the lack of Changeover dollars from noodling finds, because I was trying to demonstrate the uneven distribution of coins across Australia, and the small number of Changeover dollars seems to be fairly evenly spread. :ok:

[runway]

A friend who attended the coin swap in Canberra on Saturday told me the single coin changeover $1 was sold out at lunchtime and the changeover 20c sachet was reduced to single coin purchase
I think the only changeover sachets left over are the 5c 50c and $2 now

[seedyrom]

So I just did my count.

This wasnt all just from the weekend, but in multiple orders from the mint earlier in the year, adding packs whenever I could (although that was a bit his-and-miss. Especially with the $1. Sometimes available, and at other times not.



The strange this is, when I did the tour of the mint at the changeover open day, there were barrels and barrels and barrels of these changeover coins.
I think the barrel of $2 coins held 200,000 coins. if I remember the printing correctly.

Where are they all? The couldn't all be in mint rolls held by collectors.

[Hercules]

Barrels and barrels, my eye! More like a leaky tap they forgot to turn off. :dodgy:

[runway]

So I just did my count.

This wasnt all just from the weekend, but in multiple orders from the mint earlier in the year, adding packs whenever I could (although that was a bit his-and-miss. Especially with the $1. Sometimes available, and at other times not.



The strange this is, when I did the tour of the mint at the changeover open day, there were barrels and barrels and barrels of these changeover coins.
I think the barrel of $2 coins held 200,000 coins. if I remember the printing correctly.

Where are they all? The couldn't all be in mint rolls held by collectors.

The 2016 RAM Open Day only had the 50c baggies :wavemulticolor:

[Triggersmob]

Just had an email from the RAM. My $1 ANZACs are on the way.

[rollycoins]

Just received a few bags from RAM today. I've noticed that some of the coins have sort of a 'chipped' rim. Have you guys noticed this as well? It's not just an isolated coin but a few of them have got it and it's in various locations. I reckon it's some sort of PMD?

[Hercules]

I got some of my coins today as well, but I haven't spent as much time looking at them as you have. All I noticed was that they had lots of little scratches, which is a bit disappointing, but not surprising when you consider that they came in bags. I'm trying not to move them around too much, which is why I haven't analysed them in detail.

[kchan1111]

Yeah I want to get one of those vacuum sealer but I am uncertain of the type of plastic in the bags. That would stop the baggies from sloshing around.

[Hercules]

Congratulations, kchan. You've just reached 1,000 posts!!!

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[rollycoins]

I got some of my coins today as well, but I haven't spent as much time looking at them as you have. All I noticed was that they had lots of little scratches, which is a bit disappointing, but not surprising when you consider that they came in bags. I'm trying not to move them around too much, which is why I haven't analysed them in detail.

Yea I was in the process of getting them to line up in the bags for keeping and noticed the nicks. Looked further and realised two bags had coins with them.

[kchan1111]

Congratulations, kchan. You've just reached 1,000 posts!!!

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Thanks Hercules! I didn't even notice.