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The Big Noodle: Australian 2 Dollar Coins

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 Posted 05/20/2022  08:59 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jbuck to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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Including a new find: 2017 possum magic "Invisible Hush"
Very nice!

So I learned today that you have your own possum species that is not related to our North American "opossum" (which we call possums).
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 Posted 05/20/2022  7:32 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ryurazu to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
hmmm they are both marsupials opossum and possum, but aren't closely related. Our possums like hanging out in trees and are terrifying at night due to the reflection at the back of their eyes, almost like dropbears.
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 Posted 05/23/2022  02:50 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add MachinMachinMan to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Day 50

Just six rolls to noodle today but I finally found a 2016 olympics coloured ring coin:
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Total number of two dollar coins noodled: 4700
Number of different coins found: 70
Number of coins still to find: 10
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 Posted 05/23/2022  03:12 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Princetane to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Cool, they just don't look as attractive when worn. I think that one has a slight double rim near the bottom part (5 - 6 o'clock).

I agree too, Possum Magic was one of the um ah - wallpapery issues of coins along with Mr Squiggle, Wiggles and any other dodgy kiddies show (Expect Bluey or some other Aussie Kiddy thing next).
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Just six rolls to noodle today but I finally found a 2016 olympics coloured ring coin:
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Our possums ... are terrifying at night due to the reflection at the back of their eyes, almost like dropbears.
Ours like to run across roads at night and get squished.
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Ours like to run across roads at night and get squished.

So do ours. They also like to get fried on electric wires or get a zap and fall to their deaths. They are also incredibly loud when walking over tin roof tops. Not uncommon for noobs to think a person is on the roof. They're a protected species in Oz (unless you're a python) but a feral pest in NZ. I've heard they even make possum fur lingerie in NZ (those Kiwis..... ) Not sure why they were introduced to Kiwi land. I don't think it was accidental. In Brisbane we have the brush tail possum and the smaller (and cuter) ring tail possum. I think the Oz possums are better looking than the northern opossums.

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Bummer. I hope those final twelve coins do not avoid capture for long.

Me thinks the purple coronation will elude capture for a long time!
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 Posted 05/26/2022  01:43 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jens coins to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
MachinMachinMan do you have the 2022 $2 frontline workers coin or the 2022 $2 honey bee on your list.
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MachinMachinMan do you have the 2022 $2 frontline workers coin or the 2022 $2 honey bee on your list.


Thanks jen.

A quick look on ebay shows sellers trying to flog hundreds of security rolls of these 2 coins, so it seems they have been officially released.

I guess I better add them to my list. Hopefully some will eventually find their way into general circulation.

Total number of two dollar coins noodled: 4700
Number of different coins found: 70
Number of coins still to find: 10 12
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 Posted 05/27/2022  02:52 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add MachinMachinMan to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Day 54

Just $250 in two dollar coins to go through today.

Nothing new, same old coins keep turning up:

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Total number of two dollar coins noodled: 4825
Number of different coins found: 70
Number of coins still to find: 12
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but a feral pest in NZ. I've heard they even make possum fur lingerie in NZ (those Kiwis..... ) Not sure why they were introduced to Kiwi land. I don't think it was accidental.


From what I have read, it seems they were introduced here in 1837 to kick start a "Fur trade!!" I kid you not. Of course such a thing never took off. People just loved fur clothes back then not regarding the cruelty.

Rabbits were released here in the 1850s to also stimulate the cuddly animal fur trade (Seemed our flightless birds and tuataras were not cuddly). Like everything else introduced here in the 1800s except classic halfcrowns - it caused irreversible damage to our unique biota.
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Just $250 in two dollar coins to go through today. Nothing new, same old coins keep turning up:
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Day 56

10 rolls of $2 to noodle today.

The 2022 frontline workers coins have definitely arrived in circulation:
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Judging by the amount of pale purple paint flakes floating around, I don't think these coins are going to hold much of their colour for long.

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No other coins I was looking for.

Total number of two dollar coins noodled: 5075
Number of different coins found: 71
Number of coins still to find: 11
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 Posted 05/29/2022  01:56 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add redlock to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Wow, what a find
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 Posted 05/29/2022  05:26 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add In2Fish2 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Nice catch MachinMachinMan.
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