The Start Of My New Kookaburra Collection

[8ace]

Hi all, 

After collecting a few Gold and Silver bullion coins to hedge against inflation (so I told myself), I bagged a couple of late year kookaburras. Wow... I think this could be the start of a beautiful friendship and something more than just precious metals. 

 

[watchesandwhisky]

The perth mint sure does make some stunners..

[AaaGee]

23 minutes ago, 8ace said:

Hi all, 

After collecting a few Gold and Silver bullion coins to hedge against inflation (so I told myself), I bagged a couple of late year kookaburras. Wow... I think this could be the start of a beautiful friendship and something more than just precious metals. 

 

They are lovely.

A couple of 10 ouncers have sold on here recently.

Hope you've got deep pockets 😄

[HonestMoneyGoldSilver]

Kooks are my favourite. They look great, hold their premiums and don't disintegrate like Royal Mint silver. You can sometimes find great prices on TSF .... if you're fast enough 😁

[stefffana]

Kookaburra coins are great and there are many collectors who want to have a complete date run. See:

@ZigZag also have a beautiful complete of kookaburras, @Kookaburracollector is the one who can show you his collection, @dicker is working hard to collect all the Kookaburra coins ever made and can give you a great input. @daca shown us beautiful Kookaburra coins on "Today I've received..." section.

This beautiful community is always happy to help.🤗

Edited July 9, 2023 by stefffana

[COBRASTACKER]

22 hours ago, 8ace said:

Hi all, 

After collecting a few Gold and Silver bullion coins to hedge against inflation (so I told myself), I bagged a couple of late year kookaburras. Wow... I think this could be the start of a beautiful friendship and something more than just precious metals. 

 

I have been collecting the kooks in one kilo silver for a little while now I love them 

I have a few 1 oz silvers as well so if I can help you let me know my friend 

[ZigZag]

Thanks for the tag @stefffana, Kookaburras are the only date run Silver coin I’m persevering with, even the tax doesn’t put me off.

A few years back I discovered the gold 1/10’s version and there now seems to be U.K dealers interested, which makes it less challenging with the VAT reclaim issues from elsewhere, so this might interest you too @8ace. Both are for my kids, they seem to like them.

[SiCole]

The gold proofs are a joy!

[dicker]

Feel free to ask any questions.  I have the complete date run of Kooks (but not all of the Privy editions - yet) plus some of the other sizes.  

The high relief Kooks are particularly nice!

Feel free to ask anything!

[8ace]

That's why I like forums, the wealth of knowledge is amazing.

I have one question about the size of 1oz Kooks?

I've measured mine at around 40.55mm and a thickness of 2.9mm. The internet cant seem to make it's mind up and the Perth Mint quotes 40.9 x 3.5. any idea what they should be?

Cheers 

[HonestMoneyGoldSilver]

16 hours ago, SiCole said:

The gold proofs are a joy!

That's just showing off! Incredible coins

7 hours ago, dicker said:

Feel free to ask any questions.  I have the complete date run of Kooks (but not all of the Privy editions - yet) plus some of the other sizes.  

The high relief Kooks are particularly nice!

Feel free to ask anything!

I haven't really started on the privys yet but I have half a dozen 1997 privys is there's one or two in particular you need from that year

[Minted]

I'm a big fan of Kooks as well.  Got a few 1oz silver & 1/10th gold. 🙂

Not sure on the size as Perth Mint supply them in fitted capsules.  I have noticed other 1oz silver coins vary considerably.

[NGMD]

Big kilos and Gold are great but what about this bad boy? It’s the only version I own but need I say any more…..apart from I have two😁

[dicker]

So others will definitely be knowledgable than myself on the topic, but for what it’s worth, there are quite a lot of Privy’s (great for collecting over the long term).  I have a strong suspicion that out there may be some Kooks that were minted for the purposes of the mint - in v small numbers.  

Why do I think this?  I have visited the Perth Mint quite a few times. Around the PM are dotted coin dealers.  I visited all that I could in the hunt for some specific Sovs.  I also asked about rare Kooks.  One of the dealers said that he had seen a Kook that was not listed in any of the reference materials - a guy bought it in for valuation with other coins.  He couldn’t remember exactly what it was minted for but thought something like a prototype that was given to staff or a staff issued kook.   Definitely worth keeping an eye out for.  
 

On the high relief Kooks, these are hard to find in the U.K. but very much worth obtaining if you can - beautiful coin.  More seem to exist in the U.K. and Australia than in Europe.  
 

All the best

Dicker

[Bruce06]

Kookaburra is a lovely and beautiful series to collect.  I sometimes see date run set appear in auctions in past few years, which may make you save time to collect those earlier ones, however i didn't pay attention the price whether it's reasonable or not.  I have spare 19 and 20 proof on hand, and may bring to uk next month to sell through auction or forum.

[MBTPSilver]

As my profile pic would suggest, I'm a fan of the Kookaburra coins. Perth Mint produce their coins to a very nice standard, and the 10oz coins are well worth a look at, real pieces of art.

[HonestMoneyGoldSilver]

13 hours ago, Bruce06 said:

Kookaburra is a lovely and beautiful series to collect.  I sometimes see date run set appear in auctions in past few years, which may make you save time to collect those earlier ones, however i didn't pay attention the price whether it's reasonable or not.  I have spare 19 and 20 proof on hand, and may bring to uk next month to sell through auction or forum.

Hong Kong! Incredible place, hope you've got an incredible bank balance to match 💰💸

[Bruce06]

2 hours ago, HonestMoneyGoldSilver said:

Hong Kong! Incredible place, hope you've got an incredible bank balance to match 💰💸

sadly, i don't have an incredible bank balance, poor me....😭😭

[TheShinyStuff]

The 2oz kookaburras are worth thinking about. They are a great size, only 18 years (I think) were minted, so not an unreasonable amount of coins to find. Some have fairly low mintages, in the low thousands, so can be a tad expensive, but not ridiculous.

I only have one, a 2006 which is my profile picture, and I love it.

[PrivateStacker195]

Is there a website with a list of all the Kookaburra's and the sizes and years etc? 

[jultorsk]

35 minutes ago, PrivateStacker195 said:

Is there a website with a list of all the Kookaburra's and the sizes and years etc? 

There was a valiant effort on the forum a while back...

😁

[Roy]

2 hours ago, jultorsk said:

  

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree,
Merry, merry king of the bush is he,
Laugh Kookaburra, laugh Kookaburra
Gay your life must be.

 

(still taught in schools today! edited, naturally)

[Thelonerangershorse]

I used to have a collection of 10oz kooks, very nice coins, had to dump them all last year due to the CGT situation.

[Rab7096]

Hi I'm new on the forum and collecting silver coins so hoping to gain a lot of knowledge from the fornm, but I have to say the kooks are fantastic looking coins and are on my list to collect.

[Thelonerangershorse]

Hi @Rab7096 and welcome,

Yes, the kooks are very nice coins, just be aware of the CGT if you buy a lot of them.