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Had to start a new thread about these coins as I really think they are overdue and will be a hit with kids and grown ups.  Not sure if kids have even seen coins before ? But these might get them hooked?  Any body else have some enthusiasm about this release?  |
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Who or what is bluey?  |
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Who or what is bluey? Show is going gangbusters around the World. Teaching American kids to say Zed instead of Zee,Garbage Bins instead of Trash Cans and Maths instead of Math...LOL.
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Teaching American kids to say Zed instead of Zee,Garbage Bins instead of Trash Cans and Maths instead of Math...LOL. Steve Irwin and Bluey - two Australian cultural exports whose popularity explain why Americans sound more and more like Australians every year.  I visited friends in South Carolina with my Mum last year. Mum was a big hit with our friend's grandkids because "she sounded just like Bluey". On the subject of the coins, I'd agree with some of the commenters in the news article - if they're aiming coins for the kids, then either issue them for general circulation or mintage should be "unlimited", issued at low cost and people should buy as many as they want. Kids aren't interested in either paying $15 for a $1 coin, nor in "gambling" on whether or not they might get a Bluey coin.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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True Sap, but they will pester their parents to buy them instead.
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Steve Irwin and Bluey - two Australian cultural exports whose popularity explain why Americans sound more and more like Australians every year. Crikey! Although you can probably add Dame Edna to that list! And we'll be doing really well if they start saying torch instead of flashlight. 
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05/27/2024 9:18 pm
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Steve Irwin and Bluey - two Australian cultural exports whose popularity explain why Americans sound more and more like Australians every year. From my point of view, I believe it started with Paul Hogan and Yahoo Serious.
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Don't forget Chips Rafferty. :)
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He was before my time.  |
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Well after entering all the EQL ballots I could find (13 of them) I managed to win 1. ' The Heelers' coin on a card. Guess its better than nothing at all.  It seems this release was not for kids at all but for adults. Quote:
- if they're aiming coins for the kids, then either issue them for general circulation or mintage should be "unlimited", issued at low cost and people should buy as many as they want. Kids aren't interested in either paying $15 for a $1 coin, nor in "gambling" on whether or not they might get a Bluey coin   Edited by crab eater
06/06/2024 04:05 am
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It will be interesting to see if these coins become available on ebay from Imperial Coins in Cotton and Co rolls. It seems like all the other 'junk' coins end up that way. Even King Charles coins are being sold every day like that. Maybe more in rolls than ended up in circulation? I can't see kids being encouraged into coin collecting through these releases. It's a high cost for something they can't play with (if investment value is to be maintained) and how many kids could afford to keep buying all the other 'junk' coins that will follow? The promotional toys that Woolworths and Coles and McDonalds released appealed to kids because they could play with them. I don't think the relatively expensive coins will have the same attraction. Stickers or plastic toys based on Bluey would be more attractive to kids. The RAM already try to sell kids toys (along with socks, pencils and tea strainers) so maybe they should have gone that way if they wanted to appeal to the kids? I really don't think that expensive coins on cards won't get the kids in. |
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06/10/2024 12:22 am
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Any body else get a 'Bluey' coin?  From a Ballot?  Any body try and miss out?  Wondering how many the dealers have held onto to sell in the future for exorbitant prices?   I will bet my left testicle that they will be back in stock at some coin dealers soon.  Edited by crab eater
06/10/2024 04:02 am
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I'm amazed at the prices some people have paid for those coins on ebay. I wonder if those buyers have any realistic chance of making a profit in the future? I can't see why anyone would pay such a huge price for what really is just a colored token on a card. If it was something that formed a set with other coins already released or followed a particular theme then maybe there is some value in collecting them? What is the attraction? If RAM wanted to get the kids involved then perhaps a release such as the " Dollar Discovery" of 2019 would have been better? The colored Bluey coins in circulation would surely be just as attractive as the colored $2 coins?A set of "C" mint-marked cards for collectors could have been done as well to satisfy collectors and investors. Why does the RAM continually do this and cater to the ebay sellers instead of genuine collectors? |
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Posted 05/26/2024 08:02 am
Tuvalu origin. 
