A $2 coloured Red Poppy coin with a red poppy on it is now selling for between $150 to $370. An uncirculated Red Poppy is currently on sale on eBay for $850. Whether it sells for that amount is another matter. And the purple 60-year coronation coin from 2013 has jumped up in value to between $75 and $180.
“Now the sets are being valued at $6,000. “It's purely down for people's attraction to the $2 Mars coin. To see its value increase nearly 30 fold in five years is beyond ridiculous.”
A new $2 coin commemorating the end of the Vietnam War has skyrocketed in value and is now selling for up to $1,200 online. The Royal Australian Mint released two $2 coins earlier this month to commemorate 50 years since the end of Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War.
The original red poppy coins were released in 2012, Mr Kandiah said, and had a mintage of 503,000 – 40,902 of which were C-mintmarked. In 2018, for the 30th anniversary of the $2 coin set, another version was released with a mintage of 30,000, he said.
In a recent video, he revealed the 2012 Red Poppy coin and the 2013 Purple Coronation coin were now fetching a combined price of up to $550.
'It's purely down for people's attraction to the $2 Mars coin. To see its value increase nearly 30-fold in five years is beyond ridiculous,' Mr Kandiah said.
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A money expert has revealed a tiny detail on a gold $2 coin dating back 10 years that can be worth a fortune today. Commerce teacher Joel Kandiah, otherwise known as The History of Money on TikTok, said a 2012 gold coin featuring a red poppy can be worth as much as $180.
Mr Kandiah tells us that these 2 coins are amongst the rarest ever minted in Australia with only 503,000 of The 2012 Red Poppy and a slightly larger 995,000 minted 2013 Purple Coronation $2 coins.
"The 2012 Red Poppy has a small mintage of 503,000 and because of that, they're selling for between $150 and $370." With a slightly higher mintage of 995,000, the value of the 2013 Purple Coronation $2 coin has has shot up to $75 to $180. "The coin collecting market is absolutely crazy right now," Mr Kandiah said.
The 2012 Red Poppy, 2013 Coronation and 2014 Green Dove coins also have value due to the fact that they were the earliest coins released. This means that as collectors have come along and started collecting coloured $2 coins, they have been forced to buy the harder-to-find ones.
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Coin experts have long maintained that coins with this stamp are not valuable given that around 200 million coins were minted with the “HH” symbol.
Probably the biggest reason poppy is so valuable and sought after is its use as a painkiller. The products made from the poppy plant have made it one of the most famous flowers in history.
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But over two centuries later, this rare coin has achieved the status as the most expensive coin in the world. The Flowing Hair Silver Dollar was the first US silver dollar coin, minted from 1794 to 1795.
Featuring the iconic original red poppy design, a Mint first when it was released in 2012. The red poppy coin heralded an amazing decade of coloured $2 coin collecting that has been embraced by the Australian public.
At the time of writing, one of the 60,000 uncirculated coins was selling for as high as A$36 – but that's not the only sting in the tail of this commemorative release.
Representing a major landmark in the history of Australian currency, the Royal Australian Mint's 2012 Red Poppy $2 is notable as Australia's first circulating colour coin, and first commemorative $2 type.
Kandiah said the 2012 Red Poppy is still valued at around $350, but has “mellowed out” from the high figures it was fetching shortly after the Queen's funeral. “Since that initial hype from when the Queen passed, the coin went down from $400 to about $350,” he said.
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