2012 Koala Coins

940palmtx said:
THUCYDIDES79 said:
Those who own Koalas should all have a talk together, all the Koalas should be collected - and shipped for a swap/sale to either USA or UK or Germany.

I mean, if you are having problems here in Australia swapping 1 oz Koalas into any of the following 1 oz coins; Silver Eagles, Maples, Kookaburras, Philharmonikers, Pandas ;) , or 3 x 50 Cent pieces - than they should all be shipped to a place where the aversion ( low premium associated with the Koala ) is lesser and swapped for silver coins which when brought back to Australia would have a HIGHER premium than the Koalas commanded.
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I am about to start collecting koalas and would happily swap 2007-2011 eagles for the same year koalas.
I like the ugly lil buggers!
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I've been trying to collect any back years koalas in the last couple of months, the last and the most difficult one was 2008 then 2007, which I'm glad that I've finally got it, waiting for it to arrive though. Now I have a full set to-date (2007 - 2011) :)
 
I am still after 2007 Carded Koala. that has been for months now... almost give up for now :)

Finally we have people who just fall in love with koalas ;)
 
alor said:
I am still after 2007 Carded Koala. that has been for months now... almost give up for now :)

Finally we have people who just fall in love with koalas ;)
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are the carded koalas the 1/10 oz?
 
knowles3 said:
alor said:
I am still after 2007 Carded Koala. that has been for months now... almost give up for now :)

Finally we have people who just fall in love with koalas ;)
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are the carded koalas the 1/10 oz?
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No, they are a carded 1oz. I have a few 2007's and 2008's I'm squatting on. The 1/10oz carded only came out in 2011 to cash in on rising silver prices at the time.

2007 carded mintage of 3,060
2008 carded mintage of 4,601
2009 carded mintage of 6,292
 
The Mintage of the 2011 should be well over 500K, considering the lunar rabbits and 2011 kooks have been sold out for about a year theres been no other bullion to get from Perth Mint.. The Dragons and 2012 Kooks got snatched up ultra fast.

Look for back-date koalas and hope they mass produce them from now on to increase demand in earlier years.

Carded.. the capsule is in a card which also acts as a COA - teeny inny mintage!

1for1
 
I just received my 2012 koalas today.

The die strike looks verry weak,the koalas look very flat compared to the dragon coin.
 
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Pandas and koalas are fairly similar animals and yet the pandas are amazing and the koalas are YUK! Design and implementation fail!
 
thatguy said:
Pandas and koalas are fairly similar animals and yet the pandas are amazing and the koalas are YUK! Design and implementation fail!
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agreed but pandas are amazing, and koalas are perths second coin, it would be more fair to compare pandas to kooks
 
After seeing those picks i've decided not to get a roll of them. Infact i wont be getting any. If all the strikes are like that, its pathetic. It makes the gilded dragons look great. It looks like a picture of a koala. Hardly raised off the coin surface at all. think i'm glad to of spent money on the dragon rectangle set after seeing these. Once again a rished PM has produced a shocking strike on this.


Scorp
 
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