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Silver Kookaburra
Australia
Value	1 Dollar (face value)
Mass	31.1 g (1.0 troy oz)
Diameter	40.6 mm (1.52 in)
Thickness	2.98 mm (0.117 in)
Edge	Reeded slanted left
Composition	99.99% Ag
Years of minting	1990-present
Obverse
Design	Queen Elizabeth II
Designer	Jody Clark
Design date	2015
Reverse
Design	A kookaburra at sunset
Designer	Aleysha Howart
Design date	2018

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 the reigning monarch--Queen Elizabeth II during her reign and now features King Charles III, 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; 1,000 g, 10, 2 and 1 troy ounces.

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 Value	Diameter (mm)	Thickness (mm)
	1,002.5	AU$30	101	14.6
10	312.35	AU$10	75.5	8.7
2	62.77	AU$2	50.3	4.5
1	31.135	AU$1	40.6	4

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 and 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
Year	Bullion mintage^[6]	Proof mintage^[7]
1990	300,000	21,671
1991	300,000	6,673
1992	219,694	6,766
1993	190,581	5,121
1994	174,561	2,500
1995	154,247	3,000
1996	170,105	3,500
1997	159,497	2,466
1998	103,119	2,114
1999	109,364	1,646
2000	104,169	2,583
2001	169,265	3,241
2002	91,604	1,733
2003	109,439	1,571
2004	84,455	1,446
2005	95,145	2,346
2006	87,044	-
2007	213,436	-
2008	300,000	-
2009		-
2010		-
2011	500,000	-
2012		10,000
2013		5,378
2014		2,550
2015		8,000
2016		2,401
2017	406,265	2,845
2018	243,740	1,935
2019	219,660
2020	375,914
2021	266,676

Mintages for privy marked and special releases^[8]^[9]
Year	Privy Mark	Particularity	Mintage
1992	Eagle	Proof coins only	750
1993	Sydney Opera House	Proof coins only	15,000
1994	Team Australia — Commonwealth Games		15,000
1995	Giant panda	Gilded privy	10,000
1996	Giant panda	Gilded privy	15,000
	Tricentennial naming of the Swan River		5,000
	Eiffel Tower (France)
	Brandenburg Gate (Germany)
	Tower Bridge (Great Britain)
	Colossus of Rhodes (Greece)
	The Hague (Netherlands)
	Goya's La Maja desnuda	Gilded privy	2,500
	Basler stab		2,500
	Date on edge of coin	Date and serial number	1,500
1997	Dragon	Gilded privy	20,000
	Phoenix		20,000
	Panda		15,000
	Little Mermaid (Denmark)		5,000
	Elk (Finland)
	Roman Colosseum (Italy)
	Windmill (Netherlands)
	Monument of the Discoveries (Portugal)
	Utrecht Coat of Arms		2,500
	Zurich Coat of Arms
	Japanese Golden Yen	Gilded privy
	Thomas Edison	Gilded privy
1998	St. Stephen's Cathedral (Austria)		5,000
	Celtic harp (Ireland)
	Robert Schuman Building (Luxembourg)
	Alhambra palace (Spain)
	Vasa warship (Sweden)
1999	1999 Australian Gold Sovereign coin	Gilded privy
	Austrian 20 Schillings
	Belgian 50 Francs
	Finnish 1 Markka
	French 5 Francs
	German 1 Mark
	Irish 1 Punt
	Italian 1,000 Lire
	Luxembourg 50 Francs
	Dutch 1 Gulden
	Portuguese 50 Escudos
	Spanish 100 Pesetas
	Australian 1919 square penny		3,500
	16th century Japanese Koban coin	Gilded privy	2,500
2001	Commonwealth Star	Gilded privy	10,000
2001	Santa Claus	Colored privy	1,000
2002	US Flag	Colored privy	18,496
2004	Gilded kookaburras		10,000
2005	Western zodiac (12 coins total)		5,000 (for each month)
2007	Gilded kookaburra		10,000
2012	Lunar dragon		64,989
2013	Lunar snake		50,000
2013	Fabulous 15		7,600
2014	Lunar horse		50,000
2014	Fabulous 15		7,000
2015	Lunar goat		50,000
2015	Fabulous 15		7,350
2016	Lunar monkey		50,000
2016	Fabulous 15		5,252
2017	Lunar rooster		50,000
	Panda		8,000
	Shark		31,482
2018	Lunar dog		50,000
	Panda		8,000
	Fabulous 15		4,805

References

General

2020 Standard Catalog of World Coins - 1901–2000, 47th Edition, publication date 2019, Krause Publications, ISBN 978-1-4402-4896-2
2020 Standard Catalog of World Coins - 2001–Date, 14th Edition, publication date 2019, Krause Publications, ISBN 978-1-4402-4897-9

Specific

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^ Currie, Ron (30 April 2013). "1oz Australian Kookaburra Mintage Declared At 500,000". Perth Mint Bullion Blog. Retrieved 16 May 2014. ...the mintage of this year's release has been declared at 500,000. For consistency going forward, ... the maximum mintage of 500,000 will be applied to all future 1oz Kookaburra releases.
^ "1 Dollar - Elizabeth II, Australia". en.numista.com. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
^ "Everything You Need To Know About Kookaburra Silver Coins (2023 Update) | Silver Bullion". www.silverbullion.com.sg. 2019-01-17. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
^ "The Australian Kookaburra Silver Bullion Coin Series" (PDF). Perth Mint. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
^ "Collector Coin Mintages". Perth Mint. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
^ "Australian Silver Bullion Privy Coin" (PDF). Perth Mint. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
^ "Silver Kookaburra - Privy Mark". bullionweb.de. Retrieved 21 February 2020.