The set was originally sold for $170 - however in recent days, the sets have been valued at as much as $6,000. Kandiah says it's the demand for the $2 Mars coin is driving the huge spike in price for the collection.
'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.
A $2 Vietnam War coin has skyrocketed in value.
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.
In his video titled “Australia's rarest circulating $2 coin”, the man showed exactly how to detect a fake $2 coin featuring the iconic red flower. “The 2012 red poppy currently has a value of $180,” Joel said.
The tiny “HH” stamp can be found on 1988 and 1989 $2 coins in the bottom left-hand corner, on the lower chest of the Indigenous man featured on the tails side. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: The 'HH' $2 coin now worth thousands.
We get many calls a week from people asking if the $2 coloured coins they've found in their change or worth money. The answer from us is most often, “no”.
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.
The Royal Australian Mint has released a $2 collectors' coin to celebrate 200 years since the introduction of the European honeybee. 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.
And the silver crisis of 1945 and 1946 and the 1945 Penny, Australia's rarest penny. And this 1946 cupro nickel florin, an experimental strike in an alternative metal and the the only example held by a private collector. The Melbourne Mint produced four florins in cupro nickel.
The 2012 remembrance $2 coin, which has a red poppy on one side, was one of the lowest-minted coins in Australian history, with just 503,000 entering circulation, according to coin and banknote expert @TheHistoryOfMoney on TikTok. If you have one of those in your spare change it could fetch you a massive $370.
If there's ever been a time to check your loose change, this is it, with the value of rare $2 coins skyrocketing following the death of the Queen. The 2012 Red Poppy coin and the 2013 Purple Coronation coin were now fetching a combined price of up to $550, avid coin collector Joel Kandiah said.
The 1933 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle is one of the rarest coins of the modern era (if not the rarest, not counting one-off mint errors). The 1933 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle easily has the richest history of any modern coin.
1) 1944 Steel Wheat Penny - $408,000. 2) 1943 Copper Wheat Penny - $250,000. 3) 1856 Flying Eagle Penny - $25,000. 4) 1873 Indian Head Penny - $10,000.
How much will they cost? “On Thursday, the Royal Australian Mint (RAM) will release a 2022 C-mintmark version of the famous 2012 Red Poppy $2 coin,” Kandiah said. “60,000 coins will be minted and they will cost $15 each.
Mintages. A key tool for working out how rare your coin might be is our £2 mintage chart. Generally speaking, the lower the mintage, the rarer the coin and the harder it will be to find in circulation.
JUST 5 COINS AVAILABLE! The Royal Australian Mint is proud to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the first coloured $2 coin released into circulation with this stunning 2022 Remembrance Day 'C' Mi...
2018 Australian 2 Dollar Coin, bearing a striking and evocative design that is inspired by the Eternal Flame at the Australian War Memorial. Only 5.4 million minted, and a key date for your collection.
1. 2002 Commonwealth Games Northern Ireland - £43.
The Royal Australian Mint proudly presents this $2 Wags The Dog Coin. A must-have for decimal collectors! As with every RAM $2 commemorative, the four full-colour Wiggles $2 coins are likely to be low-mintage issues, and sure to be hoarded out of circulation at speed!
Without any paint at all, these $2 coins can get you $50. Another coin with some red paint remaining can fetch you $100. And if the coin hasn't been in circulation at all and is in perfect condition, selling the coin can fetch you $200 or more, “depending on the grade,” according to Kandiah.