2 Dollars - Charles III 1st Portrait - Bluey; Sleepytime Coloured
Features
| Issuer |
Australia
 |
|---|---|
| Issuing entity | Australia Post |
| King |
Charles III (2022-date)
|
| Type | Non-circulating coins |
| Year | 2026 |
| Value | 2 Dollars 2 AUD = USD 1.41 |
| Currency | Dollar (1966-date) |
| Composition | Aluminium bronze (92% Copper, 6% Aluminium, 2% Nickel) |
| Weight | 6.6 g |
| Diameter | 20.5 mm |
| Thickness | 3.2 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Coloured, Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Issued | 7 May 2026 |
| Number | N# 579226 |
Commemorative issue
Bluey - Sleepytime
Series: Bluey Dollarbucks
Obverse
Uncrowned portrait of King Charles III facing left.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
CHARLES III
AUSTRALIA 2026
DT
2 DOLLARS
Designer: Dan Thorne
Reverse
Bluey erupting from a coloured globe of the Earth.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
SLEEPYTIME
Bluey
Edge
4 longer smooth segments between 4 reeded segments (5 grooves each)
© brismike (CC BY-NC)
Mint
Royal Australian Mint, Canberra, Australia (1965-date)Comments
Released by the RAM to celebrate “Bluey” which is an Australian animated preschool television series which premiered on ABC kids in 2018. The show follows Bluey, an anthropomorphic Blue Heeler puppy who is characterised by her abundance of energy, imagination and curiosity about the world.
This coin is was included in a special tube of all five $2 coins that included an album to store them in for $34.
One in ten of the Tubed Set of five coins had this exclusive coloured version of the Bluey Sleepytime coin.
The coins Issued jointly by The RAM & Australia Post with two other coloured $2 coins also issued into circulation as change from 3500 Post Offices Australia wide. The five coins in the tube & two coloured ones from change make up the seven coin set of episode themes from the Bluey cartoon series..
This coin depicts “Sleepytime". This coin was not issued into circulation.
This the album with the full set of of 7 coins.
All images are courtesy of the Royal Australian Mint
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 2026 | BU in Tube | ||||||||||||||
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