Australian Silver Kookaburra

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Silver Kookaburra
Australia
Value1 Dollar (face value)
Mass31.1 g (1.0  troy oz)
Diameter40.6 mm (1.52 in)
Thickness2.98 mm (0.117 in)
EdgeReeded slanted left
Composition99.99% Ag
Years of minting1990-present
Obverse
Australia kookaburra 2019 obverse.png
DesignQueen Elizabeth II
DesignerJody Clark
Design date2015
Reverse
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DesignA kookaburra at sunset
DesignerAleysha Howart
Design date2018

The Silver Kookaburra is a silver bullion coin originating from Australia, and produced at the Perth Mint starting in 1990. The coins were .999 fine silver until the 2018 edition, which increased in purity to .9999 silver. While the obverse of the coin always depicts Queen Elizabeth II, the reverse side changes every year, always featuring a kookaburra, a bird native to Australia. Due to the yearly design change and limited production of the one-ounce coins, they have higher collectible value than some other bullion coins. The Perth Mint generally ships the coins in individual plastic capsules. One-ounce coins ship in shrink wrap rolls of 20, with 5 rolls in each box of 100. They are minted in four sizes; 1000g, 10, 2 and 1 troy ounces.

Contents

To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the kookaburra coin, the 2015 coin features the same image of the kookaburra as the original 1990 coin. To differentiate the 1990 and 2015 coins the date on the reverse reads 1990-2015 and 2015 has been added to the obverse. The 2015 coin had a release date of September 1, 2014. [1]

Specifications

Specifications [2]
Weight
(troy oz)
Weight
(grams)
Face ValueDiameter
(mm)
Thickness
(mm)
1002.50 AU$30101.0014.60
10312.35AU$1075.508.70
262.77AU$250.304.50
131.135AU$140.604.00

One Ounce History

The maximum mintage of the one troy ounce coin is capped, while the others have unlimited mintage based on demand. Perth Mint originally intended to expand the 2013 mintage to one million coins, however, they later reduced this number to 500,000 and declared that future years would continue to be limited to this amount. [3] In addition to the annual design change, there is also a design change between the bullion and proof versions of the coin each year. No proof coins were minted between 2006-2011; however, there was a 1-ounce silver proof Kookaburra colored coin struck in 2012 for the Discover Australia coin series. [4] Since 2012, the proof coin has been struck in high relief only.

Special editions such as privy marked, colored, and gilded are often available. [5]

Mintages for
standard bullion and proof coins
YearBullion mintage [6] Proof mintage [7]
1990300,00021,671
1991300,0006,673
1992219,6946,766
1993190,5815,121
1994174,5612,500
1995154,2473,000
1996170,1053,500
1997159,4972,466
1998103,1192,114
1999109,3641,646
2000104,1692,583
2001169,2653,241
200291,6041,733
2003109,4391,571
200484,4551,446
200595,1452,346
200687,044-
2007213,436-
2008300,000-
2009300,000-
2010300,000-
2011500,000-
2012500,00010,000
2013500,0005,378
2014500,0002,550
2015500,0008,000
2016500,0002,401
2017406,2652,845
2018243,7401,935
2019219,660
2020375,914
2021266,676
Mintages for privy marked and special releases [8] [9]
YearPrivy MarkParticularityMintage
1992EagleProof coins only750
1993 Sydney Opera House Proof coins only15,000
1994 Team Australia — Commonwealth Games 15,000
1995 Giant panda Gilded privy10,000
1996Giant pandaGilded privy15,000
Tricentennial naming of the Swan River 5,000
Eiffel Tower (France)5,000
Brandenburg Gate (Germany)5,000
Tower Bridge (Great Britain)5,000
Colossus of Rhodes (Greece)5,000
The Hague (Netherlands)5,000
Goya's La Maja desnuda Gilded privy2,500
Basler stab 2,500
Date on edge of coinDate and serial number1,500
1997DragonGilded privy20,000
PhoenixGilded privy20,000
PandaGilded privy15,000
Little Mermaid (Denmark)5,000
Elk (Finland)5,000
Roman Colosseum (Italy)5,000
Windmill (Netherlands)5,000
Monument of the Discoveries (Portugal)5,000
Utrecht Coat of Arms2,500
Zurich Coat of Arms2,500
Japanese Golden Yen Gilded privy2,500
Thomas Edison Gilded privy2,500
1998 St. Stephen's Cathedral (Austria)5,000
Celtic harp (Ireland)5,000
Robert Schuman Building (Luxembourg)5,000
Alhambra palace (Spain)5,000
Vasa warship (Sweden)5,000
19991999 Australian Gold Sovereign coinGilded privy5,000
Austrian 20 Schilling 5,000
Belgian 50 Franc 5,000
Finnish 1 Markka 5,000
French 5 Francs 5,000
German 1 Mark 5,000
Irish 1 Punt 5,000
Italian 1000 Lire 5,000
Luxembourg 50 Francs 5,000
Netherlands 1 Gulden 5,000
Portuguese 50 Escudo 5,000
Spanish 100 Pesetas 5,000
Australian 1919 square penny3,500
16th century Japanese Koban coinGilded privy2,500
2001 Commonwealth Star Gilded privy10,000
Santa Claus Colored privy1,000
2002 US Flag Colored privy18,496
2004Gilded kookaburras10,000
2005 Western zodiac (12 coins total)5,000
(for each month)
2007Gilded kookaburra10,000
2012 Lunar dragon 64,989
2013 Lunar snake 50,000
Fabulous 157,600
2014 Lunar horse 50,000
Fabulous 157,000
2015 Lunar goat 50,000
Fabulous 157,350
2016 Lunar monkey 50,000
Fabulous 155,252
2017 Lunar rooster 50,000
Panda8,000
Shark31,482
2018 Lunar dog 50,000
Panda8,000
Fabulous 154,805

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