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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. Some of these coins can be classified as "Smartminting" (or "smart minting") due to the technologies used in their production; these include irregular shapes, coloured surfaces, precious stone inserts etc. The coins are targeted at collectors who appreciated them as art rather than at bullion investors. This coin is the first issue in the Perth Mint's Australian Map Shaped Coin Series featuring various native animals of Australia, and depicts a Kookaburra. Kookaburras are terrestrial tree kingfishers of the genus Dacelo native to Australia and New Guinea, which grow to between 28 and 42 centimetres in length and weigh around 300 grams. The name is a loanword from Wiradjuri guuguubarra, onomatopoeic of its call. The loud distinctive call of the laughing kookaburra is widely used as a stock sound effect in situations that involve an Australian bush setting or tropical jungle, especially in older movies. They are found in habitats ranging from humid forest to arid savanna, as well as in suburban areas with tall trees or near running water. Even though they belong to the larger group known as "kingfishers", kookaburras are not closely associated with water. | ||||||
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The Definitive Guide to Australian Silver Coins |
Country | Australia |
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Currency | Australian Dollar |
Coin Type | Silver Ounce (1 oz), Smartminting |
Issued | 2012 |
Monarch | Queen Elizabeth II |
Effigy | Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait, by Ian Rank-Broadley |
Face Value | 1 (x Dollar) |
Total Mintage | 6,000 |
Mintage Limit | 6,000 |
Current | Yes |
Material | 0.999 Silver |
Designer | Ing Ing Jong |
Technology | Milled (machine-made) |
Shape | Irregular |
Orientation | Medal Alignment (Axis 0) |
Size | 40.6000 mm |
Thickness | 4.520 mm |
Mass | 31.1350 g |
OCC ID | GAVP-OXAC-MZLN-EMDY |
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Image | Details |
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Coin, Australia, Silver Ounce 2012 Map - kookaburra
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Coin, Australia, Silver Ounce 2012 Map - kookaburra
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Coin, Australia, Silver Ounce 2012 Map - kookaburra
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Coin, Australia, Silver Ounce 2012 Map - kookaburra
Copyright: Perth Mint Source |