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1997 One Ounce Silver $1 Kookaburra & Chick - Edison Privy |
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Obverse: | Queen Elizabeth II - Design by Raphael Maklouf. Legend: ELIZABETH. II. AUSTRALIA 1 DOLLAR |
Reverse: | Kookaburra & Chick - Design by Jovan Radanovich. Legend: THE AUSTRALIAN KOOKABURRA 1 OZ. .999 SILVER - 1997 |
| Edge: | Reeded - continuous mill - 250 Serrations. |
| Weight: | 31.635 grams. |
| Size: | 40.60 mm (diameter) 4.00 mm (thickness). |
| Composition: | .999 Fine Silver. |
| Silver Content: | 1.00 oz. |
| Mintage: | Perth - Limit: 2,500. |
Mintmarks: | Edison Light Bulb Gold Inlay Privy Mark on Reverse. |
Valuation :
1997 One Ounce Silver $1 - Kookaburra & Chick - Edison Privy
| Uncirc. | |
| 2002 | 60 |
Notes:
The 1997 one ounce Edison Privy Kookaburra & Chick $1 silver coin was distributed, encapsulated, in a black leatherette, hinged-lid presentation case and accompanied by a numbered certificate. The coin was released by the Perth Mint to commemmorate the 150th anniversary of the birth of American inventor Thomas Alva Edison. The privy mark depicts one of his most famous inventions, the electric light bulb. | Thomas Alva Edison (11 February, 1847 - 8 October, 1931) was awarded the Congressional Medal in 1928. Part of the inscription on the award read ' He illuminated the path of progress by his inventions". Indeed, Edison's inventions illuminated mankind - the phonograph, motion pictures, the microphone and the carbon transmitter, to name a few. But it is the incandescent electric light that is considered Edison's greatest contribution to mankind. |
Edison was born in Milan, Ohio on 11 February, 1847 and died in West Orange, New Jersey on 8 October, 1931, aged 64. His most famous quote is still heard today - 'Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent persperation'.
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