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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Australian Kookaburra
| Issuer | Perth Mint |
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| Year | 2004-2005 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A naturalistic, high-relief depiction of a kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae) perched on a eucalyptus branch with foliage, facing left, rendered in fine detail with textured feathering across the body, wings, and tail. The legend THE AUSTRALIAN KOOKABURRA curves along the upper periphery within a beaded border. The inscription 2005 1 OZ. 999 SILVER appears along the lower periphery, with the Perth Mint's privy mark SA visible on the branch. |
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The Australian Kookaburra series, running continuously since 1990, changes its reverse design annually — a deliberate policy by the Perth Mint to drive collector demand and prevent secondary-market saturation. The 2004 and 2005 issues share the KM#720/883 references because the same obverse hub was paired with two distinct reverses across the production run, a cataloguing ambiguity that still frustrates type collectors trying to distinguish date-specific strikes.
Perth's .999 fine silver one-ounce bullion program was partly a response to the Canadian Maple Leaf's dominance in that market through the 1980s.