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ModernCoinMartModernCoinMart Posts: 339 ✭✭
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Hello Foreign Coin Gurus! I recently bought a large group of modern foreign gold coins. While we mostly deal with Modern U.S. coinage, we decided to give it a try, but I'm having difficulty finding any information on this coin. Maybe we just need to invest in new Krause catalogs (The set we have was purchased in 2005/2006), but anyways, I was hoping you gurus could help me at least find the weight and such for the coin. I have tried searching Google and eBay but have yet to find a hit for this coin. It is a 2003 Cook Islands $200 Captain James Cook 275th Anniversary Gold coin. It is a Mint State coin (Though foreign coins still confuse me, as they often look Proof even though they are Mint State...image ) See below for the pictures.

Thanks for the help! It is greatly appreciated.

-George



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  • EarendilEarendil Posts: 243 ✭✭
    The weight: on the coin it says 2 ounces of .9999 fine gold.
  • trozautrozau Posts: 3,455 ✭✭✭


    << <i>The weight: on the coin it says 2 ounces of .9999 fine gold. >>


    1 troy ounce = 31.1034768 grams
    2 troy ounces = 62.2069536 grams
    trozau (troy ounce gold)
  • ModernCoinMartModernCoinMart Posts: 339 ✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>The weight: on the coin it says 2 ounces of .9999 fine gold. >>


    1 troy ounce = 31.1034768 grams
    2 troy ounces = 62.2069536 grams >>



    Just to make sure I got it right... 62.2 grams, .9999 fine gold, 2.0 troy oz of gold?

    Anyone know anything about mintage figures?
  • satootokosatootoko Posts: 2,720 ✭


    << <i>Anyone know anything about mintage figures? >>

    The 21st Century Krause 2d Ed. (2008) doesn't list any $200 coins at all. The highest face value 2003 coin listed is KM#453, a $10 gold plated silver piece. KM#389, a 2001 $500 proof is a large silver coin.

    Mintages are either missing, or very small (no more than 10,000), for the high face value Cook Island coins.
    Roy


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  • trozautrozau Posts: 3,455 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Just to make sure I got it right... 62.2 grams, .9999 fine gold, 2.0 troy oz of gold? >>



    Yep. image
    trozau (troy ounce gold)
  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,661 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Man, that would be purdy even if it didn't have TWO OUNCES of gold!

    No wonder I've never seen one.

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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,661 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>It is a Mint State coin (Though foreign coins still confuse me, as they often look Proof even though they are Mint State... ) >>

    A lot of the Aussie-made stuff like this (these are struck by the Australian mint, I'm pretty sure) has that look, and they can indeed be confusing. They're MS but definitely prooflike- I suppose one could argue the point either way. They're "specimen" strikings, maybe. Anyway, whatever the case, that reverse-cameo effect is striking. The Aussie Kookaburras and a number of other coins have this look. I like it.

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  • ColinCMRColinCMR Posts: 1,482 ✭✭✭
    does anybody know what kind of bird that is?
  • ModernCoinMartModernCoinMart Posts: 339 ✭✭
    Thanks for all the information everyone! I really appreciate it!
  • MadMuffinMadMuffin Posts: 468 ✭
    2 oz gold coins are usually quite scarce. As lordmarcovan suggests the coin is probably struck on the Royal Australian Mint and they might have some information about it. Personally I've never seen or heard of this coin before, but it's beautiful!

    The mintage is probably very low - my guesstimate would be in the hundreds.

    Regards,
    Marcel
    Ebay user name: 00MadMuffin00
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