Kookaburracollector

Okay okay..I take the hint. In the next day or so I will cough up and pay for premium membership. (Thus enabling deals to be done)

I will now post a photo, so as not to land us all in the doghouse!!

Thanks JunkBond for the heads up..pity it’s just a little bit rich compared to what I have been paying in the past.

Hopefully a collector will snap it up quickly, so I don’t have to keep looking at it when I search every day....

Nearly all from Bullion By Post via eBay. They are pricey to buy from when new, but the stuff they sell on Ebay for a while has been really cheap.

The last minted bar I bought in September was £485 inc postage, and it is as good as new! I also used nectar points to bring the price down further. 

If anyone sees any Pamp kilo bars and doesn’t want to buy them themselves, please let me know...I just love these bars for some reason!

Hi

I have used German dealers before and Silberstars have had these coins, but i ain’t  paying £100+ for one!

Charging so much is just going to put off new collectors IMO.

I think I will have to wait a and hope the prices come down...

cheers

Hi

I also collect the F15 kooks but do find the premium a little uncomfortable. Could anyone tell me where I can buy the 2018 from ( based in UK). 

I read exactly the same on the PAMP website....someone somewhere must have some helpful info...I will keep digging ..

Could anyone tell me how to date these PAMP bars please . Drawn a blank using the usual channels..

Thanks for the link to the numista website.

Digging really deep here..in 1879 coindatabase have two different issues. One with an anchor mint mark and one with a barred anchor.

I can’t find out (yet) if this was ever minted. The website states the mintage as Inc.Ab. but I know not what this means http://www.coindatabase.com/coin_detail_france.php?cdb=U250008

The ‘normal’ coin has a very slightly different anchor..

http://www.coindatabase.com/coin_detail_france.php?cdb=U250007

Does anyone know if both coins were minted..

thanks

20 French Francs Mintages 1871-1898 Angels- Missing Years!

Having  checked various websites (coindatabase/reocites/Chards) it seems that the 20 Francs Angel coin was not made for several years.

Can anyone confirm (before I start looking for them) that there were no Angels minted in the following years:- 1872,1873 and 1880 to 1885 inclusive..Many thanks.

Picked up a few more different years this week, maybe in better condition than the first batch.

They most certainly are..

@Lea79

I have just started collecting the Angels (1871-1898) prior to these I collected the roosters, and have a run from 1900 to 1914 inclusive..just looking for 1899 & 1900.

Always on the look out for a small number of Kookaburra 1oz Privy coins, as have nearly got all of those from 1990 to today.

Thats the French and Aussie coins, also have nearly all the gold 1oz buffalos from 2006...

Think I will stick to the French Angels for a while longer.

Not always a keen French lover but they do make some things way better than the Brits!!

Just a shame the bottle is now empty!

Thank you Lea79. I think I will purchase the ones I can see.

Already checked the dates and as expected, none are rare.

As these coins are pretty common, I am not interested in getting them graded. Not keen on coins being locked away in boxes...

Still at the accumulation stage in my collecting, my children will probably be doing all the selling!!!

Hi

I stack and collect, but wrt to the Angels I will look to get as many different years as I can. Clearly at some point in the future I may wish to sell, at which point the grade of the coins may become more important.

As to buying these close to spot ....let me know where please!

...and yes..it does look like the coq is about to get wet...

I have been offered some Angels from a well known bullion dealer (see Photos below), but as a newbie am not sure of their quality (grade wise). I have also been offered some more from another dealer at a price 10% higher, for no better than EF grade (AU58).

Question is..do I buy the ones in the photographs but not sure of grade, or the ones I cannot see at a higher price with the grade declared?

..it is unlikely I can afford to buy both!

i appreciate any help you can provide.

Just received a late Christmas present from Germany..

Not a rare Kookaburra Privy coin (50k mintage), but it is rare to find one in its original cardboard Santa Claus holder and stand..ho ho ho!

Just love the roosters 1899-1914 and when funds allow I will start to collect the earlier 20 francs Napoleonic coins.

Not seen many but there are a few poor quality fakes out there...

should look like this