Sherwood coin sets

gabby · January 29, 2017, 02:31:50 PM

Can someone enlighten me on Sherwood coin sets

They look the same as the Mint sets and I have no idea to their origin

trout · January 29, 2017, 03:02:15 PM

Quote from: 'gabby' pid='104568' dateline='1485662510'Can someone enlighten me on Sherwood coin sets

They look the same as the Mint sets and I have no idea to their origin

These are Not a RAM product, I am pretty sure they were sold by Downies.

gabby · January 29, 2017, 04:39:56 PM

Yes I didn't think they were an RAM issue - just hadn't heard or seen them before

runway · January 29, 2017, 10:05:55 PM

Sherwoods are another Downies brand I can assure you 100%

Sapyx · January 29, 2017, 10:40:24 PM

They are "sets" assembled from coins in circulated condition, intended to fill a perceived "gap" in buying cheap sets for years in which no official mint sets were made. There is zero additional value in keeping them as an intact "set", as they are an artificial dealer-produced set and not an official mint product.

Keep them intact if you like the presentation and can afford the storage space for them. Otherwise, feel free to cut them open and put the coins with the rest of your coins.

gabby · January 30, 2017, 07:28:51 AM

Quote from: 'Sapyx' pid='104591' dateline='1485691824'They are "sets" assembled from coins in circulated condition, intended to fill a perceived "gap" in buying cheap sets for years in which no official mint sets were made. There is zero additional value in keeping them as an intact "set", as they are an artificial dealer-produced set and not an official mint product.

Keep them intact if you like the presentation and can afford the storage space for them. Otherwise, feel free to cut them open and put the coins with the rest of your coins.

Thanks Sapyx. Was just interested and hadn't seen them before in my short time here.

someone has gone to a lot of trouble with them as from what I can see they go back a fair way

ausproofs · January 31, 2017, 09:06:45 PM

Quote from: 'gabby' pid='104568' dateline='1485662510'Can someone enlighten me on Sherwood coin sets

They look the same as the Mint sets and I have no idea to their origin

https://www.sterlingcurrency.com.au/items/1966-mint-set-unofficial-sherwoods

Coming from a reputable source... have a read...

trout · January 31, 2017, 10:12:19 PM

I wonder how many of these sets are left that haven't been Picked through over the last 50 years :angel:

ausproofs · January 31, 2017, 10:31:38 PM

If I am not mistaken, Stuart Andersen started Sherwood in 1977... That is if we are talking about the same company...

runway · January 31, 2017, 10:34:36 PM

That's a sealed set obviously compiled and packaged to todays standards
I bought a set of 1967 and 68 sets direct from Downies/Sherwood 12 years ago in a red wallets same as old RAM ones and the coppers were toned black yuck and that taught me a lesson

ausjack · February 01, 2017, 08:17:23 AM

I have one 1969 Sherwood set that I got off PP a couple of years back but that's it but you do see them now and then. Not a bad looking set but there are a few bag marks here and there. I'd sell it for

:laugh2:

trout · February 01, 2017, 08:52:08 AM

I busted up a couple of these Sherwood sets to add to my Decimal albums a few years back.
I can't remember off hand which years they were But I do remember thinking to myself that the coins in the Sherwood sets were in a lot nicer condition on average than the coins in the regular Mint sets from the same years were.
With the way that the very average quality of the coins in the RAM Mint sets are now the thought of paying an extra few bucks to have a set of coins that have been hand picked to make sure that I get better Quality coins doesn't sound too bad of an idea. :good:

autocoupler · February 01, 2017, 11:34:02 AM

2001 Sherwood Year set with one and two cent coins from 1975 and 1976 included. Just thought it was a bit different at the time.

ausjack · February 01, 2017, 12:38:59 PM

Yeah that's different puttin one and two cents in :scratch_one-s_head:

jens coins · February 04, 2017, 09:06:54 PM

If I am not mistaken, Stuart Andersen started Sherwood in 1977... That is if we are talking about the same company...

found this information when looking on the internet today:

Stuart Andersen is a member of the Australasian Philatelic Traders' Association (APTA) and one of the founders and a former committee member of The Australasian Numismatic Dealer's Association (ANDA).

Stuart established Sherwood Philatelics (later called Sherwood Commemoratives) in 1977, specialising in coins, banknotes and commemorative medals. Sherwood expanded from a retail outlet in Melbourne suburbia to a mail order business with another store in the Melbourne CBD.

In 2001 Sherwood merged with P J Downie Pty Ltd to form Australia's largest numismatic dealership, Downie's Coins Pty Ltd.

In 2008 Stuart retired from Downie's and established his current business trading as Stuart Andersen Pty Ltd, dealing chiefly as wholesalers to the numismatic and philatelic trade but also on the internet.