Kooks "had" numismatic appeal!
BUT
Now they have been tarnished because Perth Mint Distributors and Sponsors thought they could make a quick buck by buying restruck coins which they could slowly feed the market.
They made good gains but got caught with their pants down and now their Kooks are worth bullion! Basically the wholesalers F-ed the Kook Market!
Now, everyone knows that the old collectors who purchased the original coins, back from 1990 are really pissed off and we know that all the new coins issued by Perth and the sponsors here have wrecked the value of "real" collectors and stackers.
Now, we buy the Kooks that aren't restrikes, we buy 2008, 2009, 2010 Kooks because those mintages were sold out and there will not be re-strikes.
The 2008 and 2009 are considered as the best Kooks, especially the 2008 coin because they have a low mintage, fantastic design and the mintage is sold out.
The 2008 Kook is considered as the best ever design.
All original Kook coins have numismatic value, all restrikes are restrikes (Cheap)
Personally, if I was a new person trying to buy Numismatic Kook coins, I'd probably buy sold out coins that had a mintage of only 300,000 coins.
Having said that, in 3 years time, noobs won't have a clue about restruck Kooks so............ :|
PS:
2oz Kooks are the next big thing!
Perth don't make them any more and they can never be re-mint them.
If you want to collect a numismatic ...No Bull-shite coin, buy the 2oz 2009 Kook, it's the last 2oz coin issued and the only 2oz Kook coin with a unique P20 mark.
Perth will eventually re-strike 2oz Kooks!