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1997 One Ounce Silver $1 Kookaburra & Chick Netherlands, Windmill 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: 5,000. |
Mintmarks: | Windmill Privy Mark on Reverse. |
Valuation :
1997 One Ounce Silver $1 - Kookaburra & Chick
Netherlands, Windmill Privy
| Uncirc. | |
| 2002 | 65 |
Notes:
The 1997 one ounce Windmill Privy Kookaburra & Chick $1 silver coin is the ninth in a series of 15 privy marked coins released by the Perth Mint over a three year period to celebrate the countries forming the European Union. This coin honours Netherlands who joined the European Union in 1958. | The mill consists of a large square house with sails on one side. The structure can be turned completely on the wooden frame on which it sits. The miller can observe whether the wind is turning the sails through apertures cut at the sides of the house. Windmills are powered by the wind and are used primarily to pump water or generate electricity. They have four long arms with cloth sails or shutters mounted on them. There are two types of windmill in Holland; polder or waterwheel mills, created to drain large tracks of land, and the others used only for industrial purposes are named according to their use. |
Source: Booklet released to accompany the European Country Privy Mark Collection, Perth Mint, 1996-1998.
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