Looking for a Kookaburra Expert

[DavidE]

I have been working on adding the 1oz Silver Kookaburra collection to my website and after more hours than I can count, I think that I've made some progress. But I have a number of questions, that I hope someone can help with some of the following:

1997 - There were 2 coins featuring a coat of arms privy, one was Zurich and the other was Utrecht. I have one image which looks like Zurich, but I cannot locate a picture of the Utrecht coin. All online images of Utrecht appear to the the same as Zurich.

1999 - 2001/2002 - There was a U.S State Quarters Privy collection, I have identified the states from 1999 to 2001 but I have also seen that Krause lists 5 states dated 2022 (Tennessee, Ohio, Louisiana, Indiana and Mississippi). Other than reference in Krause, I cannot see any evidence online that these existed - not a single photo.
For the same series, I am trying to verify that the U.S State Quarter privys were available in both the carded 'Honor Mark' format (10k limit) but also available as bullion with a limit of 75k. Various sites list a 75k mintage but I cannot verify this is accurate.

2012 - Date - The Lunar collection which started in 2012, seems to end at 2019 with the Lunar Pig. I cannot find any further editions, such as Rat etc, just looking to check that this is correct and the series has halted.

I have updated my site (as a work in progress) which may help with context on these questions. - https://www.britannia-uk.com/kookaburra

I would really love to have a single source of truth for this awesome collection of coins so any help would be much appreciated. 

I was also going to attempt the other weights, 2oz, if I live long enough!

[PrivateStacker195]

I use your website quite often. Thank you for all your research 

[DavidE]

For those interested, I asked Perth Mint directly about these points and they have confirmed the following:

"We cannot find anything that states we made a Utrecht Coat of Arms Privy. 

These images are from our publication “A History of Australian Coin Production at The Perth Mint” pub 1999 – unfortunately this publication is no longer available"

They continued...

"With regard to the 2002 US State Quarter Program, as far as we can tell these coins were not issued in 1oz.  They were advertised as part of a series when the program first began, however we believe it was cut short.

An article from Coin World dated November 22 1999 – It is possible that the US Stage Quarter 1oz Privy Mark coins were issued on their own as bullion coins (up to a total maximum mintage of 75,000)"

 

So it would appear that many sites have incorrectly added a 1997 Utrecht Privy and Krause has incorrectly added 5 x 2002 State Quarters in their catalogue. 

I am glad to have this confirmed as the search for images of these coins was very frustrating!

 

[HonestMoneyGoldSilver]

I found your Kookaburra expert:

[Petra]

On 02/10/2023 at 13:23, DavidE said:

I have been working on adding the 1oz Silver Kookaburra collection to my website and after more hours than I can count, I think that I've made some progress. But I have a number of questions, that I hope someone can help with some of the following:

1997 - There were 2 coins featuring a coat of arms privy, one was Zurich and the other was Utrecht. I have one image which looks like Zurich, but I cannot locate a picture of the Utrecht coin. All online images of Utrecht appear to the the same as Zurich.

1999 - 2001/2002 - There was a U.S State Quarters Privy collection, I have identified the states from 1999 to 2001 but I have also seen that Krause lists 5 states dated 2022 (Tennessee, Ohio, Louisiana, Indiana and Mississippi). Other than reference in Krause, I cannot see any evidence online that these existed - not a single photo.
For the same series, I am trying to verify that the U.S State Quarter privys were available in both the carded 'Honor Mark' format (10k limit) but also available as bullion with a limit of 75k. Various sites list a 75k mintage but I cannot verify this is accurate.

2012 - Date - The Lunar collection which started in 2012, seems to end at 2019 with the Lunar Pig. I cannot find any further editions, such as Rat etc, just looking to check that this is correct and the series has halted.

I have updated my site (as a work in progress) which may help with context on these questions. - https://www.britannia-uk.com/kookaburra

I would really love to have a single source of truth for this awesome collection of coins so any help would be much appreciated. 

I was also going to attempt the other weights, 2oz, if I live long enough!

Your website is great, I have used it loads of times! Keep up the good work👍👍

[DavidE]

3 hours ago, HonestMoneyGoldSilver said:

I found your Kookaburra expert:

 

Tried emailing him but no reply... 😁

[DavidE]

I'm not sure if this was already known but I have heard back from Perth Mint regarding the Lunar series which started in 2012 and whose last coin was the Pig issued in 2019. I asked if there were plans for this series to be continued or not, this was their response.

"These were produced as an exclusive program for a US client, who decided not to continue – I can confirm they did not continue after 2019."

A real shame that the series won't be completed. I would assume that the same is true of the Britannia Lunar privy collection but sadly getting a response from the Royal Mint is like extracting teeth!

Edited October 10, 2023 by DavidE
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