Next step, an economy dedicated to the honey bee, at least equally with the humans and other animals that benefit from bees.
drfrogsplat on
Hmm, they seem to have forgotten to include the varroa mites.
Shillings-n-Shrapnel on
There are heaps of designs but this is by far my favourite
switchbladeeatworld on
$2 bee or not $2 bee?
Aussienick on
If Hamish and Andy hear about this they will be blown away.
wewawoowagh on
gimme one bee for 8 quarters we’d say
lazymuseum on
This coin is super cool because the coloured part was designed to wear away with (as it tends to) and expose the honeycomb structure underneath!
It won Coin of the Year at the 2023 International Coin of the Year awards. Hold onto this gem! 🐝
AlexandersWonder on
What did they make the inner portion out of and what does it feel like on your fingers? This is one of the coolest coin designs I’ve ever seen
galacticjangles on
Good, they’re hard workers.
Acid_Fetish_Toy on
Oooh I want one! I love collecting special coins
gooder_name on
I know she was liked as a queen, but I don’t think anyone ever called her Honey Bee…
yolk3d on
My mom and dad have beehives and my dad is a beekeeper. My mum loves Bee things. I hope I can find one of these.
catch_dot_dot_dot on
That beekeeper doesn’t have her PPE on
ItsAlwaysBee on
So cool! Wish I had this so I could frame it 🥰
louisa1925 on
I have several of these. My coin collection is a hive of honey goodness.
Crazy-Parsley1524 on
Are they in circulation?
AmazonCowgirl on
Wow, I’ve never seen one of these and I’m a checkout chick!
Johnny_Segment on
thats a stunner, never seen one in the wild
assholio on
God I fucking love $2 coins. Something about them, one of my favourite things to have.
Raj-Rigby on
now here’s some dinky-die true blue Aussie lore: “and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on ’em. “Gimme five bees for a quarter,” you’d say. Now where were we… oh yeah. The important thing was that I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time….”
🙏🏿
Joshau-k on
I knew there’d be a queen on the back, I just wasn’t sure which species it would be
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That is really pretty
An introduced and sometimes feral pest
Very cool
Next step, an economy dedicated to the honey bee, at least equally with the humans and other animals that benefit from bees.
Hmm, they seem to have forgotten to include the varroa mites.
There are heaps of designs but this is by far my favourite
$2 bee or not $2 bee?
If Hamish and Andy hear about this they will be blown away.
gimme one bee for 8 quarters we’d say
This coin is super cool because the coloured part was designed to wear away with (as it tends to) and expose the honeycomb structure underneath!
It won Coin of the Year at the 2023 International Coin of the Year awards. Hold onto this gem! 🐝
What did they make the inner portion out of and what does it feel like on your fingers? This is one of the coolest coin designs I’ve ever seen
Good, they’re hard workers.
Oooh I want one! I love collecting special coins
I know she was liked as a queen, but I don’t think anyone ever called her Honey Bee…
My mom and dad have beehives and my dad is a beekeeper. My mum loves Bee things. I hope I can find one of these.
That beekeeper doesn’t have her PPE on
So cool! Wish I had this so I could frame it 🥰
I have several of these. My coin collection is a hive of honey goodness.
Are they in circulation?
Wow, I’ve never seen one of these and I’m a checkout chick!
thats a stunner, never seen one in the wild
God I fucking love $2 coins. Something about them, one of my favourite things to have.
now here’s some dinky-die true blue Aussie lore: “and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on ’em. “Gimme five bees for a quarter,” you’d say. Now where were we… oh yeah. The important thing was that I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time….”
🙏🏿
I knew there’d be a queen on the back, I just wasn’t sure which species it would be
Thats pretty sweet
Too bad Varroa mite is wiping out hives 😥