<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Two men will spend months behind bars before learning their fate after stealing more than 60,000 unreleased coins celebrating a popular Australian cartoon.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Steven John Neilson, 47, and Nassar Kanj, 45, stole a 500kg pallet of 63,000 limited edition </span><em><span>Bluey </span></em><span>coins from a western Sydney warehouse in June 2024.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Both have pleaded guilty to aggravated break and enter, and committing an indictable offence in company to steal more than $60,000.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-tariffs-us-threatens-35-per-cent-canada-increase-to-20-per-cent-baseline/909fc795-cb0e-4aa5-a6ce-dbf1bee2618f" target="_blank"><strong><span>Trump threatens 35 per cent tariffs on Canada, Australia's could double</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The pair were given an October 8 date for sentencing in Parramatta District Court today.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The prosecutors will have until September 26 to file submissions with the defence to respond by October 3.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The stolen coins were created by the Australian Mint for a special release in September 2024.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/bluey-bandits-wait-to-learn-fate-over-theft-of-63000-coins/9c3dbdfc-e6ca-4ee4-a448-54fdd295ec7a" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Imprinted were characters of the popular Logie-winning kids' television show </span><em><span>Bluey</span></em><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Some of the mint's limited edition </span><em><span>Bluey </span></em><span>coins were found with a legitimate coin collector by police in August, but he had to give them up.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Neilson and Kanj sold the coins online for 10 times their $1 face value, police say.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/kevin-rudd-details-emerge-around-rudd-and-trumps-secret-meeting/73e14c48-a47c-4d34-9e78-304122c56dc3" target="_blank"><strong><span>Details emerge around Rudd and Trump's 'secret' meeting</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The two men allegedly worked at the warehouse where the coins were stolen.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police seized 189 </span><em><span>Bluey c</span></em><span>oins and arrested Neilson following a search of a south-west Sydney property in August.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Kanj was arrested after police searched another western Sydney home later that month.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 45-year-old was also charged with three more offences of aggravated break and enter committing a serious indictable offence, but those charges were withdrawn.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Both men remain in custody.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A third person was arrested and charged in October, alleged to be the getaway driver.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>After her arrest, police found more than 40,000 coins in a storage facility.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She will return to court on July 31.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><span>Bluey </span></em><span>has become a global phenomenon after first airing in Australia on the ABC in 2018.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It follows the adventures of a young dog and her family living in suburban Brisbane.</span></div></div>