Rare Bluey $1 coin causes Australia Post shop crash as collectors start a 'Dollarbuck rush'
A new $1 'Bluey Dollarbucks' set has sent coin collectors into a frenzy with fan demand causing the Australia Post online shop to crash.
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00:00Insert more coins.
00:02A new one dollar Bluey dollar
00:04buck set has sent coin collectors
00:06into a frenzy with fan demand,
00:08causing the Australia Post online
00:10shop to crash.
00:11Australia Post released ten one
00:13dollar coins featuring illustrations
00:15of Bluey, Bingo and their family
00:17in partnership with the Royal
00:18Australian Mint and BBC Studios.
00:22But online customers were quickly
00:23greeted by a 404 error message
00:26and were encouraged to visit post
00:27offices in person to nab the currency
00:29collectibles.
00:30I still just need you to be more
00:32patient, though, OK?
00:34OK.
00:35I just find it hard to be patient.
00:38Aussie hit show Bluey's global
00:39popularity has led to previously
00:41released coins being sold for as
00:43much as five times their market
00:45value on eBay.
00:47Earlier this year, a 47 year old man
00:49was charged for stealing over half
00:51a million dollars worth of the
00:52limited edition Bluey coins from
00:54a warehouse in Sydney.
00:59He was charged for stealing over
01:01half a million dollars worth of
01:03the limited edition Bluey coins
01:04from a warehouse in Sydney.
01:06He was charged for stealing over
01:08half a million dollars worth of
01:09the limited edition Bluey coins
01:11from a warehouse in Sydney.
01:12He was charged for stealing over
01:14half a million dollars worth of
01:15the limited edition Bluey coins
01:16from a warehouse in Sydney.
01:18He was charged for stealing over
01:19half a million dollars worth of
01:21the limited edition Bluey coins
01:22from a warehouse in Sydney.
01:23He was charged for stealing over
01:25half a million dollars worth of
01:27the limited edition Bluey coins