The series started in 1988 and finished in 2005. Only the 1/2 oz proof koalas were made in every year. They were housed in a wooden box with a metalic certificate. The paper covering of the wooden box was silver colored.. I started colecting these 1/2 platinum proof coins, and have the first 3 years, and a few more, but from the 18 pieces series missing least a dozen. If anyone has these later sets with boxes and the metal certificate (see the example), and want to sell them I might be interested to buy them if the price is reasonable. Just let me know what you have and the price.
If anyone else has any of these proof 1/2 ounce koala platinum coins for sale, PM me because there are still quite a few missing from the entire series.
I started colecting these 1/2 platinum proof koala coins from start 1988 to finish 2005. Apart from the very first issue 1988 (12,000) not many coins were sold when the series were finally stopped in 2005. So the total series has 18 coins with all the 1/2 oz proof platinum coins. Even I still missing 8 coins to complete this series. Since the mintage were so low probably nobody has a complete collection of these coins. I was just wondering, even if no one wants to sell their coins, if the members of this forum combined even have the entire collection. The missing 8 years to complete the collection are; 1993, 1997, 1998 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2004.
Thanks, but I already have the 1994.All I need is 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 2002, and the 2004
Nobles offers the whole 1/2oz set in it's November auction. Lot 969. But probably too much for you as you would double up on half of them.
Thanks maxmast3rs for the notification. I bought the Nobles whole 1/2oz proof set today on there Sydney auction. I will sell all my extra koala platinum proofs I have.
Finally I got all the 18 the coins. I didn't think that anyone had the complete series, since after the first 3 years, they never sold more than 350. In five years, however, not even a hundred were sold. This may have been the reason why it was discontinued in 2005 their production. Here are the real sales figures. I guess I'm the only one who has them all (the 18). 1988 12000 1989 2992 1990 1029 1991 341 1992 267 1993 250 1994 250 1995 250 1996 250 1997 250 1998 227 1999 72 2000 101 2001 67 2002 350 2003 81 2004 83 2005 97