so who here collects polly notes?

[MobOfRoos]

:drooling:

Love your notes interest. I also have a fascination with the blue dobell $10. There was a KE93 $10 on eBay last weekend with a wicked wet ink transfer. I was outbid on it and have been grumpy all week as a result :ireful:

I collect first and last prefix UNC notes. At the moment I am concentrating on the 90s which is very challenging.

With circulated notes I collect high and low serials and always keep an eye out for a solid.

[accumulator]

I forgot to add,i also collect Radars & some Repeaters,it depends on the numbers.

[enworb]

I have one from the same group of 4 and its my favourite note. I cant look past $5 radars.

[interest]

:drooling:

Love your notes interest. I also have a fascination with the blue dobell $10. There was a KE93 $10 on eBay last weekend with a wicked wet ink transfer. I was outbid on it and have been grumpy all week as a result :ireful:

I collect first and last prefix UNC notes. At the moment I am concentrating on the 90s which is very challenging.

With circulated notes I collect high and low serials and always keep an eye out for a solid.

Hi Mob, What did that KE93 go for?
This is just my opinion for what it's worth.
If you are keeping the first & last serial numbers it would not hurt to keep at least one of the circulating notes from the same year.
Only saying that because they could become as hard to get in uncirculated condition  as the first & last serials.

[MobOfRoos]

Hi Mob, What did that KE93 go for?

It went for $725.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/161007892423?nma=true&si=8onFDLA3XshT%2Bgge%2Bm6%2BiMpA1Rw%3D&rt=nc&_trksid=p4340.l2557&orig_cvip=true

This is just my opinion for what it's worth.
If you are keeping the first & last serial numbers it would not hurt to keep at least one of the circulating notes from the same year.
Only saying that because they could become as hard to get in uncirculated condition  as the first & last serials.

Yes I've heard of that as a collecting theme, and it has crossed my mind as something I might do once I've got all the first and last prefixes.
But gee that makes a lot of notes. For the year 2008 alone that would mean 15 notes.

[eirrab]

If you collected the 2008 first & last you would be quite happy. The prices were suprising.

I'm another one who collects first & last and some standard - but only interested in unc stuff. Slowly building up a set, just the very difficult i.e. expensive, ones to go

[MobOfRoos]

If you collected the 2008 first & last you would be quite happy. The prices were suprising.

Yes, especially the last prefix $5 and $10. It will be interesting to see what happens to the market in a few months time when the RBA starts releasing 2012 first and last prefix $10 and $5 notes. Up until now the 2008 $5 and $10 were the last printed.

Baz, its good to see some other people collecting polymers :good:

[eirrab]

Absolutely, MORs, the 2008 turned out to be a real surprise. Not going to let the 2012 ones to slip through unnoticed ;-)

Time to start saving up for this year's Reserve bank special release of 1st and last prefixes. Any one have any word on when?

[Dusk1]

If you collected the 2008 first & last you would be quite happy. The prices were suprising.

I was lucky enough to buy some of these first & last 08 notes & able to sell some some on eBay for a nice profit.

Prices went off after B&J Shaws site listed them at a premium, then a thred on the old ACBF fueled the hype, which trickled down to eBay.

Although there is good reasons for the relativly high price (GFC concerns & the full set of denominations released making people hesitant to buy them that year from the RBA) there still appears a never ending availbilliy from eBay sellers.

Makes me wonder how scarce they really are, but still good for increasing interest in polymer note collecting.

PS I don't have any more for sale.

[JeffH]

I don't have many notes and they are mostly paper.
Here is a "double polly". I purchased one of these on a recent visit to Fiji. Reserve bank in Suva is worth a quick visit if ever you are there.
[attachment=1820]
Polly #1 is  Fiji’s endemic Kulawai, (red throated lorikeet), the smallest member of the parrot family, a very rare inhabitant of the mountain forest canopy which feeds on nectar and pollen. The last sighting of the
Kulawai was in 1993. It could now be extinct.
Polly #2 is that is is a poly note -ignore the watermark; it is misleading.

Jeff

[Fulvio]

Think of it as a non-interest earning account with potential capital appreciation. Doesn't seem so bad that way.

[eirrab]

Nicely put, Fulvio.

Can I use that line when talking to my wife next time she wonders what I am doing putting aside all these very spendable notes?

She certainly was in agreement when I sold a few 08 first and last prefixes on ebay! A nice boost to my argument for collecting polymers.

[MobOfRoos]

Prices went off after B&J Shaws site listed them at a premium, then a thred on the old ACBF fueled the hype, which trickled down to eBay.

Although there is good reasons for the relativly high price (GFC concerns & the full set of denominations released making people hesitant to buy them that year from the RBA) there still appears a never ending availbilliy from eBay sellers.

Makes me wonder how scarce they really are, but still good for increasing interest in polymer note collecting.

I think the reason given for the high price of 2008 $10 and $5 was a low print run. But when it comes to collecting uncirculated notes, print runs are irrelevant. All that matters is the numbers of uncirculated notes the RBA hands out to collectors and dealers.
I think they are overpriced (or maybe I'm just bitter because I haven't got any yet :stinker:.

[Fulvio]

Feel free.

[interest]

Prices went off after B&J Shaws site listed them at a premium, then a thred on the old ACBF fueled the hype, which trickled down to eBay.

Although there is good reasons for the relativly high price (GFC concerns & the full set of denominations released making people hesitant to buy them that year from the RBA) there still appears a never ending availbilliy from eBay sellers.

Makes me wonder how scarce they really are, but still good for increasing interest in polymer note collecting.

I think the reason given for the high price of 2008 $10 and $5 was a low print run. But when it comes to collecting uncirculated notes, print runs are irrelevant. All that matters is the numbers of uncirculated notes the RBA hands out to collectors and dealers.
I think they are overpriced (or maybe I'm just bitter because I haven't got any yet :stinker:.

Back in the old days the RAM used to sell them.
If you had some sort of relationship with the ladies on the counter you could get what you wanted.
AAh the good old days.