It is an episode celebrated for encapsulating just why Aussies love cricket.<\/p>\n
And the highly-acclaimed Bluey episode is being immortalised as the latest addition to the sought-after coin collection.<\/p>\n
The Royal Australian Mint has announced it is launching yet another Bluey $1 coin \u2013 or dollarbucks as the loveable Heeler family call them.<\/p>\n
And it will be based around one of the show\u2019s most recent episodes, Cricket.<\/p>\n
Centring around supporting character Rusty, the heartwarming episode shows how practice makes perfect as Bluey\u2019s dad Bandit and his mates struggle to bowl out the eager kelpie.<\/p>\n
And one of the memorable moments from the episode features on the new $1, with Rusty sending a fierce drive as Bluey cheers him on.<\/p>\n
The new coin launches later this month, with demand expected to be so high that the Mint is running a ballot to secure them.<\/p>\n
An uncirculated version of the coin will be available to purchase for $25, while a limited edition silver proof coin inside a cricket ball tin will be sold for $112.50.<\/p>\n
It comes after a collection of $2 coins was launched by Australia Post earlier this year.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo celebrate a classic Aussie tradition, the Royal Australian Mint presents a fun and colourful new coin design based on the beloved Cricket episode of Bluey,\u201d A Royal Australian Mint spokesman said.<\/p>\n
\u201cCricket has become a serious favourite.\u201d<\/p>\n
Launched in May, the most recent collection of \u201cdollarbucks\u201d featured colour coins based on several other of the show\u2019s most loved episodes, including Sleepytime, Baby Race and Granny Mobile.<\/p>\n
Following the launch, resale websites such as eBay saw a huge surge of listings, with some being sold at several times their original value.<\/p>\n
The ballot opens on Friday, September 18 at 8.30am AEST, closing on Monday, September 21.<\/p>\n
The coins will then be available in selected shops from Wednesday, September 23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It is an episode celebrated for encapsulating just why Aussies love cricket. And the highly-acclaimed Bluey episode is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":880785,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[450028,450010,449994,449993,450000,130065,450035,442816,450001,450006,450038,450037,450008,449997,450024,450040,450011,387814,450025,64,27621,63,39837,450007,36365,450020,342352,450002,450030,740,450032,10167,376920,182178,134,77065,39598,450031,410444,450009,49395,13052,450004,449995,187436,83160,450016,206462,450023,450014,34541,449998,450019,450029,377469,450015,450005,450017,450013,384506,450027,449999,450039,380431,449996,450021,449992,450018,450012,450026,450036,60939,450033,450022,450034,450003,41313],"class_list":["post-880784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-s-dad-bandit","tag-s-favourite-pastimes","tag-dollarbucks","tag-112-50-it","tag-2-coins","tag-130065","tag-8-30am-aest","tag-a-ballot","tag-a-classic-aussie-tradition","tag-a-collection","tag-a-cricket-ball-tin","tag-a-fierce-drive","tag-a-fun","tag-a-huge-surge","tag-a-limited-edition-silver-proof-coin","tag-a-royal-australian-mint-spokesman","tag-a-serious-favourite","tag-an-episode","tag-another-bluey-1-coin","tag-au","tag-aussies","tag-australia","tag-australia-post","tag-baby-race","tag-bluey","tag-character-rusty","tag-coins","tag-colour-coins","tag-colourful-new-coin-design","tag-cricket","tag-cricket-episode","tag-demand","tag-earlier-this-year","tag-ebay","tag-entertainment","tag-episodes","tag-friday","tag-granny","tag-his-mates","tag-later-this-month","tag-listings","tag-monday","tag-new-bluey-coin","tag-new-coin","tag-newswire-news","tag-practice","tag-resale-websites","tag-royal-australian-mint","tag-rusty","tag-selected-shops","tag-september-18","tag-september-21-the","tag-september-23","tag-several-other","tag-several-times","tag-sleepytime","tag-the-beloved-cricket-episode","tag-the-coin","tag-the-eager-kelpie-and-one","tag-the-episode","tag-the-heartwarming-episode","tag-the-highly-acclaimed-bluey-episode","tag-the-latest-addition","tag-the-launch","tag-the-loveable-heeler-family","tag-the-memorable-moments","tag-the-mint","tag-the-most-recent-collection","tag-the-new-1","tag-the-new-1-coin","tag-the-royal-australian-mint","tag-the-show","tag-the-sought-after-coin-collection-the-royal-australian-mint","tag-their-original-value-the-ballot","tag-them-an-uncirculated-version","tag-them-and","tag-wednesday"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=880784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880784\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/880785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=880784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=880784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=880784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}