1988 Five Dollar Coin-Parliament House

$5 at the bank is still about the best money you can get for these if you're selling. Even coin dealers seem to be reluctant to pay face value for them.

The Commonwealth Bank flips these coins were sold in were unfortunately heavily plasticized PVC. After 30 years under normal storage conditions they've started to damage the coins, so the coins may not qualify as truly Unc anymore. I know mine doesn't.

I think there were 2 types of plastic that these coins were issued in. An unsealed pvc pouch and a sealed non-pvc. I have the 2 different sorts -don't want them though either.

I have the sealed coin package. It has the spec card sealed in one compartment and the coin sealed in another compartment. It sounds like they are the non-PVC type which is something positive.

At least they are UNC I suppose.

Strange to see an UNC coin (assuming it qualifies) from 1988 with a mintage of 3m selling for face value. I think the $5 coins not being very sought after may be the problem;or Parliament house not being a popular theme.

Thanks Purple penny. I've got the better non-pvc one. They dont seem to be very popular.

I must admit, I cannot see good investment in NCLT. The mint has customers, not numismatists. An investor in coins, if he is going to pay big money, should seek professional advice before investing in NCLT. Only a very few issues have turned out to be successful investments, and usually those with extremely low mintages, the existence of which have almost no publicity attached, because the mint KNOWS that they will sell out in a day.