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The Australian one ounce silver piece (abbreviated as 1 oz and designated with Ag for "silver") is a bullion and commemorative coin format. Uniquely, in Australia there are two mints authorised to strike legal tender: the Royal Australian Mint (which also makes the country's circulating coinage) and the Perth Mint which only makes collector and bullion coins, as well as other bullion products. The Australian Silver Kookaburra series - to which this coin belongs - was introduced in 1990 by the Perth Mint; subsequently, the Royal Australian Mint also started issuing silver Kookaburra bullion coins. The coins have legal tender status in Australia and are one of very few legal tender bullion silver coins to change their design every year, always featuring a kookaburra - a bird native to Australia. This and their limited annual mintage may, unlike for many other bullion coins, raise their numismatic value over the value of silver used. | ||||||
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Royal Mint |
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Perth Mint | Mintage | link |
Coins issued by the Perth Mint in the Australian Kookaburra series in 1997 include:
- 1 kg Silver Bullion, Australian Kookaburra 1997 (with baby in nest)
- 1 kg Silver Proof, Australian Kookaburra 1997 (on a fence)
- 10 oz Silver Bullion, Australian Kookaburra 1997 (with baby in nest)
- 10 oz Silver Proof, Australian Kookaburra 1997 (on a fence)
- 2 oz Silver Bullion, Australian Kookaburra 1997 (with baby in nest)
- 2 oz Silver Proof, Australian Kookaburra 1997 (on a fence)
- 1 oz Silver Bullion, Australian Kookaburra 1997 (with baby in nest)
- 1 oz Silver Proof, Australian Kookaburra 1997 (on a fence)
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Royal Mint |
Country | Australia |
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Currency | Australian Dollar |
Coin Type | Silver Ounce (1 oz), Australian Kookaburra |
Issued | 1997 |
Monarch | Queen Elizabeth II |
Effigy | Queen Elizabeth II - Third Portrait, by Raphael Maklouf |
Face Value | 1 (x Dollar) |
Total Mintage | 159,497 |
Mintage Limit | 300,000 |
Current | Yes |
Material | 0.999 Silver |
Designer | Jovan Radanovich |
Technology | Milled (machine-made) |
Shape | Round |
Orientation | Medal Alignment (Axis 0) |
Size | 40.6000 mm |
Thickness | 4.000 mm |
Mass | 31.1350 g |
OCC ID | RWKZ-EJNC-QYJR-EXGL |
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1 Dollar 1997 Kookaburra European Privy Mark Series - Netherlands
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Australia, $1 1997 1 oz Silver Kookaburra European Privy 'Denmark'
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Krause, Standard Catalog of World Coins | Australia KM# 701, KM# 318 (Utrecht privy mark) |