Papua New Guinea Proof Set

Nice score. Am still chasing the 1977 FM proof set.

@watchman It's surprising these aren't still made, given the quality of those engravings. That butterfly coin is spectacular. And to think I questioned the quality of Franklin mint in the video prior.

@Slerk

How much the non-silver issues run?

@Slerk

The butterfly coin is pretty cool, did they do a business strike of it?

yes indeed its that low mintage (its probably one of the higher ones), its their gold coins that have some people collecting and some of the very early German/Australian coinage that are super rare. like the miniatures as well :D

I have one of these sets, a 1976 and I got it real cheap only $50NZ a few years ago.

The 1 toea to 1 Kina are cupronickel, the 5 Kina is half silver, but the 10 Kina is Sterling and contains about 38 grams (1.27oz) of silver, its a big beautiful silvery coin and I love it.

Pricewise the 1975 is cheap as it had like 75k minted, so probably not much over melt (1.80 oz as the 5 Kina is only 50% of a 32 gram coin). My 1976 is 21k, but later sets are as low as a few thousand as Franklin mint exited silver in the early 1980s and went into chintzy kitsch collectibles like flower vases and plates with cats on them.

I think $80 NZ for 1975 and 1976 and $100 for later sets is reasonable assuming they are flawless - no toning or marks as the cases tone, along with cardboard inserts which are acidopherous 70s card. Damaged sets are worth melt only.

After reading this thread from windweaver77, I had to get those coins.
I collect PNC's as well , so killed two birds with one stone .
1975 PNC Proof coin set.
Not sure how many PNC sets were issued?






I forgot to ask , why has the 1Kina have a hole in the middle?
Any one know? Maybe my favorite? Very hard to choose a favorite, I love them all.