Brendan Gardoll was charged in January after a number of break-ins in the town were reported to police.

The 25-year-old had been charged with 20 offences but was sentenced on seven charges - break and enter, having goods suspected of being stolen and five counts of receiving stolen property - in Wagga Local Court this week.

The rest of the charges were withdrawn.

Gardoll, of Coolamon, had initially pleaded not guilty to the break and enter offence.

However, in June he entered guilty pleas to each of the seven charges.

According to court documents, Gardoll forced his way into a home on Iverach Street at Coolamon in November and disturbed every room inside. The occupants were away at the time.

Gardoll stole a large quantity of old coins, paper notes, rare coins and foreign currency, which had been collected for more than 40 years and was valued at over $10,000.

Jewellery items including necklaces, bracelets, rings, earrings and watches worth more than $5000 were also stolen.

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The currency was later deposited into Gardoll's account, with a police investigation uncovering "an abnormal amount of rare $1 and $2 sequential notes" had been received by his bank following the break-in.

The documents said bank records and CCTV footage showed Gardoll depositing "a number of very good condition old paper Australian currency notes in sorted sequential order". The deposit totalled $547.

Footage showing a bank teller pausing over a $10 note as she counted the currency was shown to the victim, who told police the note belonged to them and was a commemorative note that was never released into circulation.

The victim also confirmed the amount deposited and the notes matched that stolen from their home.

The documents said Gardoll admitted to making a deposit of old Australian currency worth $547 but offered "no comment" as to how he came to be in possession of the notes.

In court this week, Gardoll's solicitor Paul Keane conceded the break and enter was a serious charge and that individuals should be able to feel safe in their own home.

Mr Keane acknowledged his client had violated that but said he was apologetic for his actions. "He is remorseful, he is sorry," he said.

Gardoll also sold jewellery at pawnbrokers, after declaring the items belonged to him, on five occasions.

According to police, most of the jewellery items pawned were stolen from homes in Coolamon last year.

The court heard Gardoll was seeing a counsellor to help with a gambling addiction and had "spent time trying to get better" during the curfew imposed as one of his bail conditions.

Gardoll's three young children and partner - who is due to give birth in September - were at the court to support him and Mr Keane submitted that his sentence could be served in the community through an intensive correction order (ICO).

Magistrate Christopher Halburd acknowledged Gardoll's family situation, his young age and his need for rehabilitation, but said the fact he was on two community correction orders at the time of the offences needed to be reflected in sentencing.

Magistrate Halburd said he did not agree with an ICO and a custodial sentence was the only appropriate penalty.

The magistrate said people were entitled to go away and come back to their home and not find it had been ransacked.

"This is a serious example of this type of offending," he said. "It's not just the monetary value ... this is someone who's spent years putting together a collection."

Magistrate Halburd sentenced Gardoll to 14 months' jail, with a non-parole period of seven months.

He will be released to parole on March 1.

Gardoll was convicted and fined $100 for having goods suspected of being stolen.