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Message:: [QUOTE="mlov43, post: 3000780, member: 16729"]This set looks very similar to some other South Korean coin set products made around the early 1980s period.  The appearance of yours is NEW to me!   I'm so glad you shared it here. This ~may~ be a rarer set.  At South Korea's preeminent numismatic auction, Hwadong auctions, these have sold for 100,000 KRW to 200,000 KRW (around $90 to $190 USD).  That was six years ago, but they may be selling higher nowadays.  If I really wanted to sell it, I would put it up at eBay with a starting bid at $80, and hope that some Koreans would get in a bidding war over it.   Actually, I would probably not sell it now, because I'd more likely use it to barter with a friend in Korea who loves these kinds of sets.  Or I might hold onto it, betting that it might garner a higher price at a later date. More about the set:  It has the BOK name on it, but I think it's still a third-party coin set maker (made for sale to tourists), as it says "Bank of Korea issue."   If it was an "official" BOK product, it would just say, "Bank of Korea" in English and maybe even Korean, it would have the BOK logo on it, and maybe even "한국조폐공사 제조" (made by the South Korean Mint). I'd keep it in dry storage away from light and I'd avoid trying to "fix" anything on it, even cleaning the case.   Again, thanks for sharing it![/QUOTE]