2025 $2 Australian Open Coins

From Currency Determination:

205

Reverse

R106

A design consisting of:

(a) in the background, a stylised representation of a male tennis player swinging a racquet; and

(b) in the foreground, and partially obscuring the tennis player, a cobalt blue and white-coloured tennis ball; and

(c) the following:

(i) "2025 AUSTRALIAN OPEN".

206

Reverse

R107

A design consisting of:

(a) in the background, a stylised representation of a female tennis player swinging a racquet; and

(b) in the foreground, and partially obscuring the tennis player, a blue and white-coloured tennis ball; and

(c) the following:

(i) "2025 AUSTRALIAN OPEN".

207

Reverse

R108

The same as for item 205, except the design also includes a stylised representation of an envelope.

208

Reverse

R109

The same as for item 206, except the design also includes a stylised representation of an envelope.

209

Reverse

R110

The same as for item 207, except the tennis ball is lime green and blue-coloured.

210

Reverse

R111

The same as for item 208, except the tennis ball is lime green and blue-coloured.

crab eater I don't have any affiliation with Australia Post, I just read the emails sent from Australia Post and check the currency determination weekly.
ebay is also a good way to find new released coins sold as pre orders!

I wish I had an affiliation with Australia Post and then I would of been able to get the Bluey coins with ease, and all the other releases they have.

Sad....

As usual heaps have been sold on ebay PRIOR to the official release. No big deal, that's the way it goes now. However I was surprised to see two "Cotton and Co" rolls (one each of the Women and Mens coins) sold on ebay already. Images of the rolls show consecutive numbers on the (so-called) security stickers. So I guess they might be legitimate rolls of the new coins?

The ebay records show the rolls were sold on 12 January- three days BEFORE the official release. Imperial Coins who roll the "Cotton and Co" rolls state on their website that the usual turnaround time is around three weeks for coin rolling. So, ASSUMING that those rolls are GENUINE, Imperial would have received the coins around 20 December. Well and truly while those coins were embargoed.

Imperial are an experienced dealer and a member of ANDA. ANDA requires members to "accept and follow the Code of Ethics, to promote, develop and maintain a high standard of moral ethics in all business dealings for members and the public".

So, does that mean any handling, dealing, trading or any other activities with embargoed coins other than what the RAM (or other contracted party, e.g. Australia Post, Woolworths etc) actually intended is acceptable by the RAM, ANDA or any other dealers?

From now on, is prior-to-official-release sales on ebay going to be acceptable and the new way collectors will purchase coins?

I wonder what other collectors think? Why bother with embargoes?

People are going nuts! Some people are paying more for the privy mark coins on ebay than they would if they bought them from Australia Post! I wonder what the attraction with coins on ebay is?

My understanding is that ALL the coins were privy marked and the one in ten chance is for receiving a yellow/green coloured coin with privy mark.

In any case, there were plenty of the yellow/green coins available on ebay too. As with the AFL coins in tubes with a one in ten chance of receiving coloured coins, the re-sellers (scalpers?) were able to work out which tubes/pouches had the coloured coins in them and remove those to pilfer the colored coins for themselves and sell on ebay.

The one in ten chance of getting colored coins would obviously be wrong if they are being removed before release or circulation. So, the luckless punters continue to get ripped off.