Bank of Korea 2021 Mint Set

Hey!

My bailiwick is South Korea. I know, just by proximity, a little bit about those other coins.

Do you have a question?

 

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Hey!

My bailiwick is South Korea. I know, just by proximity, a little bit about those other coins.

Do you have a question?

 

I'm just trying to keep up to date with the latest turtle ship coins, if any, esp. from the hermit kingdom. Krause is janky w/ that info. I guess I'll just have to keep coming back to CoinTalk, as I was late to the news on the 2020 South Korean proof coins (I ended up getting a slabbed PF69 5 won proof, instead of the entire proof set).

 

Krause is not a reliable source of info. They haven't updated it for a while, and the publisher doesn't want to make a new issue for some reason.
They list the 1999 5-Won at .30 cents. Well, it most decidedly does NOT sell for that much in Korea! That date is the lowest mintage for the 5-Won denomination (as a regular business strike), and it's the second lowest mintage business strike in the entire South Korea series, second only to the 1998 500-Won.

The book I wrote has a much better handle on all South Korean coins, and their prices, although a major price surge took place during the writing of my book. Some of the prices I listed are now out of date, too! You actually have to check the market almost month-to-month now to see the changes in prices for key date coins and coin sets. That's been the case since about 2018. And you need to know how to navigate the Hwadong Auction website's sold listings, in Korean, to do that.

 

that's a really interesting book based off the pages in your link.

 

Your interest could be rewarded. [cough]