Rare Bluey $1 coin causes Australia Post shop crash as collectors start a 'Dollarbuck rush'

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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

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