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1992 Kookaburra Kilo Coin Set And Sydney 2000 $5 Silver Coin Set (16 Coins)

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 Posted 01/19/2019  04:14 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add baf65 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hi all, new member here, not a collector but have inherited the father in law's coin collection which has sat unloved for over 15 years so we are thinking that we are probably best to pass it to someone who will value it more

There is a fair bit to go through and we are not in a rush to sell it so are gradually going through trying to assess values.

Ive had a look on ebay and various other sites in particular for the 1992 Kookaburra kilo coin set (4 coins in total) and it seems to be selling for around $1600 - does this sound right? If we were to sell it outside of ebay what is a more realistic price.

What about the Sydney Olympic set, again can see them advertised for around the $600 mark

Would you advise selling sets individually rather than in a bulk lot? I am guessing we have about $8000 original retail value worth of coins mainly collected during the 80's/90's, plus lots of loose coins.

Thanks in advance
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Not sure what they should be selling for but ebay is as good a yard-stick as any.
I think with ebay you'll see more money than other avenues and individually will probably get you more money too.
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Thanks for your replies. I have now updated the catalogue and the coin values ,based on ebay prices its around $14k, mostly because there are 3 of the Kookaburra kilo sets. Seems a lot of the Perth Mint sets have lost value since purchase and there seems to be a lot of them on ebay! So I would love a bit more advice if thats okay on the best way to sell, I have a bit of time on my hands at the moment but not sure if Ive got the dedication ! Anyway, lets say for example I have got a Perth Mint uncirculated set and proof set of the same thing, is it best to sell individually or is there more call for a pair. Also got about stacks of $1 in special little pouches like phar lap or Donald Bradman - again is it best to sell individually? If I were to sell as a bulk lot to a local coin dealer how much less would I potentially be looking at compared to selling myself?
thanks and sorry for all the questions!
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Sadly those one dollars are not worth much, and only worth something to a collector of Non-circulating coins, since usually they are bought at retail price $5+ for a for a 1 dollar phar lap coin. So it would depend on buyer maybe you can get full retail but the market is very small for these items. for the high value coins sell them individually unless you can find a buyer who want all of them in one go, but for the lower value items it depends on how fast you want to sell them.

Olympic set from memory are about BV+50%, so dont quote me on that.


DONT SELL TO PAWN SHOP as they either willn't buy or do not care about the value you place on them they will probably offer FV (face value) + 20% to 100%. Remember ebay place a fee on your sales of roughly 10% plus there is a paypal fee of about 2.5%.

As for the 1kg Kookaburra 1992 in pristine condition usually BV (700ish) (melt value/base value)+ 100% since the earlier ones are quite rare, but again it depends on the buyer as the market for these items is small. Also only the later Perth Mint items have lost value due first in part because of high retail prices, base value of silver and gold and last due to high mintage numbers. However your Kookaburra have risen in value if your father in law did buy them in 1992 both in retail and base value.
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