There is an on TV, Westpac I think, for after hours banking. I see him depositing and withdrawing coins. That could be the way to go. Avoids questions.
We sold several 10's of thousands of Australian 1c coins freshly broken from mint rolls to a customer in Sydney who was going to do this with them. She promised us images of the finished product but we're still waiting.
I've seen a floor lined with coins, looks great.. The best i've seen is stamps stuck to every wall in a house to look like wall paper, looked amazing.. Thanks for all the suggestions..
a brilliant unscratched poppy $2. I never see those anymore, especially in this condition. I've nearly hit double figures on those I know some of you have many many of these.... but i don't so i'm happy
asked the bank for $1000 in $2 coins. first bag i pick up has a coloured coronation coin. Plan worked. Edit: two coloured coronation coins and a poppy in a thousand dollars of bank bags. along with three shiny unscratched 2013 $2 coins
Today I visited my local branch and noticed a poppy staring at me from the grey coin storage shelve they have at the teller. After my transaction I asked the lady if I could get $10 in $2 coins specifically the back 5 of which one was the poppy. She failed to understand why I wanted the back five so I had to explain to her. She was grateful for the explanation and we spoke a little further on the topic. The teller lady got excited about this new knowledge and proceeded to voluntarily pull out bags of $2 coins for me to dig through. I tried to tell her that they were quite rare and I appreciated the gesture, but there was a line building up behind me. The teller didnt care she kept pulling out bags & bags, I did feel uncomfortable that I was taking up others time but who am I to look a gift horse in the mouth. I found one more early on and then the lady began helping me, on her first bag she said "oh look at this one, there's an aboriginal man on it".... Seriously.... A bank teller who works at a bank, a bank that deals with money, Australian currency runs through her hands every day, 40 hours a week. I smiled politely as I thought I was just hit with the most extreme dry sarcasm in the universe. Alas, there was no sarcasm when she followed with "oh, they all have him on there, ah aha I never looked at these before" I flipped the last bag on my hand and scanned for coros. None. I thanked her for the opportunity & politely bid fair well. Is this grounds to change banks? Just writing about this incident confuses me.
no it is not uncommon for banks to not know anything about coins. I have a couple of branches that I visit to get bulk coins/notes and I am welcomed because I tell them about the notes/coins and history. they genuinely seem to want to know
Usually my coffee gals find me the $2 poppies and coronation coins, but yesterday at a pub in Blackheath up the Blue Mountains, I scored a pristine coronation.
Two more poppies this morning from the coffee girls. I remember when girls used to be called Poppy. Does anyone know a Poppy under 40 Years old?
They are. The design on the $2 coin has never been changed so bit if an 'occasion' on that front. The coloured ones are 500k mintage and were only distributed through RSL's. 5m mintage for the non-coloured ones as they were distributed as normal through banks. Hold on to them if you find them. Edit to add link for more info- http://www.ramint.gov.au/media/noticeboard/2012/20121026.cfm it was really well hidden on The Google
still nothing, had to settle for a few jubilee and Charles & Di 50's. Pretty sure I have someone in the neighbourhood spending their collection of 50's at the local shop, or more likely some kid knocking off dads collection
