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All of a sudden they are ramping up releases now.
1. Olympics - 5 coins (Yes these are 2020 dated issues, but they did not see the light of day until July 2021)
2. Paralympics - 1 coin
3. Ambulance - 1 coin
4. Wiggles - 4 coins and 2 x $1 (Amazed they did not do a novelty 1 cent too).
Hopefully this will be 2021, because if they keep doing 10 coins a year, people will lose interest and the mania will stop.
Of course there will always be a market for the pre 2016 stuff and real interest in Red Poppies and Purple Corries (Invented my own Aussie shortened word!).
This has the potential to be what Australian post has done with its tidal wave of wallpaper stamps.
Edited by Princetane
09/26/2021 8:14 pm
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Princetane, I think it is already getting to much. I gave away stamp collecting because of the over abundance of new stamps and now coin collecting is going the same way. :( Quote:
Invented my own Aussie shortened word! You know us too well. Keep that up and we will have to issue you citizenship. :) |
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All of a sudden they are ramping up releases now.
1. Olympics - 5 coins (Yes these are 2020 dated issues, but they did not see the light of day until July 2021)
2. Paralympics - 1 coin
3. Ambulance - 1 coin
4. Wiggles - 4 coins and 2 x $1 (Amazed they did not do a novelty 1 cent too).
Hopefully this will be 2021, because if they keep doing 10 coins a year, people will lose interest and the mania will stop. Also issued this year was the $2 coin commemorating the Indigenous men and women who have served in the military ... if you've been lucky enough to find one, that is! According to RAM it was supposed to be released into circulation at the end of March but I've yet to come across one in the wild.  https://www.ramint.gov.au/publicati...ry-personnel |
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Forgive me if I don't get excited about the next round of mint bag hoarding and profiteering that comes with the release of every new coloured coin these days.  |
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I agree, Machinman. It makes it very hard for us normal collectors to try and get these coins. You see people on Facebook and ebay selling big bags of them and I wonder how they get them. |
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Forgive me if I don't get excited about the next round of mint bag hoarding and profiteering that comes with the release of every new coloured coin these days. Quote:You see people on Facebook and ebay selling big bags of them and I wonder how they get them  Firstly, how did these sellers get access to these folders so early and secondly, who would pay these ridiculous prices when you'll be able to walk into any Woolies store shortly and buy them for $15?  |
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Firstly, how did these sellers get access to these folders so early Maybe they don't have them yet, just pre-selling. Like you said though, why would you spend that much, when you can get them for $15. Steve :) |
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The ad says pre order but they have taken a photo of the actual album so must have it in hand to do that. Same picture on ebay but different sellers. |
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Sorry Steve I didn't see the picture on the website.
Yes that's the picture they are using.
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Hopefully this will be 2021, because if they keep doing 10 coins a year, people will lose interest and the mania will stop.
It will only stop when people stop buying them. I suspect coin collecting is a lot larger than stamp collecting. I suspect most people buying PNCs are coin collectors, not stamp (there seem to be a lot of PNCs minus the coin on ebay!). Edited by David Graham
09/27/2021 9:16 pm
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I deliberately missed out the 2 Indigenous coins as I knew there was controversy over them, thanks to David telling me in an email. It is sickening that people are already trying to sell these coins at 2x or 3x release price before they are even released. Them and ebay have no ethics. |
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trying to sell these coins at 2x or 3x release price If I could find them at 2x I would probably buy them, but the cheapest I have seen is 3x for the military service coin. The flag coin is like $30. :( |
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Here we go again ... on the day of their release, this ebay seller sold 21 of these coins from a RAM roll for $12.95 each plus $3.99 postage!    |
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Read into this what you will but the last few c mint mark coloured $2 have disappeared from the RAM online shop in about 15 minutes and this one was on there for nearly 3 days. Maybe a little bit of heat has come out of the $2 market or maybe a lot of "collectors" who thought they were going to make their fortune on recent releases have re-accessed
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