1993  One Ounce Silver $1 Kookaburra Feeding Nestling - Mint Reopening


Obverse:Queen Elizabeth II - Design by Raphael Maklouf.
Legend: ELIZABETH. II. AUSTRALIA 1 DOLLAR
Reverse:Kookaburra Feeding Nestling - Design by Alex Lumsden & John Bergdahl.
Legend: THE AUSTRALIAN KOOKABURRA 1 OZ. .999 SILVER - 1993
Edge:Reeded - continuous mill.
Weight:31.635 grams.
Size:40.60 mm (diameter) 4.00 mm (thickness).
Composition:.999 Fine Silver.
Silver Content:1.00 oz.
Mintage:Perth - 200.
Mintmarks:None.

Valuation :
1993 One Ounce Silver $1 - Kookaburra Feeding Nestling - Mint Reopening

Uncirc.
2002475

Notes:

A total of 200 1993 specimen quality one ounce silver Kookaburra Feeding Nestling coins were presented to invited guests attending the reopening ceremony of the Perth Mint. Each coin was issued in a green presentation case with a numbered certificate which reads 'This is one of 200 One Ounce 1993 Australian Kookaburra Silver Bullion coins specially minted and presented to mark the official opening of the recommissioned Perth Mint and Perth Mint Exhibition on 8 December, 1993.

Although not well known because of its selective distribution, it is the rarest of all the Kookaburra special interest issues to date.


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