The Australian Kookaburra series has run continuously since 1990, making it one of the longest-running annual silver bullion programs from any mint. Perth changes the reverse design each year — a deliberate policy that drives date collectors to complete sets rather than simply accumulate ounces, a commercially shrewd move that has sustained secondary market premiums on individual dates for decades.
The fourth portrait of Elizabeth II, by Ian Rank-Broadley, was adopted by Australia in 1999 and remained on circulation and bullion coinage until the fifth portrait by Jody Clark began its phased introduction around 2019.
The Australian Kookaburra series has run continuously since 1990, making it one of the longest-running annual silver bullion programs from any mint. Perth changes the reverse design each year — a deliberate policy that drives date collectors to complete sets rather than simply accumulate ounces, a commercially shrewd move that has sustained secondary market premiums on individual dates for decades.
The fourth portrait of Elizabeth II, by Ian Rank-Broadley, was adopted by Australia in 1999 and remained on circulation and bullion coinage until the fifth portrait by Jody Clark began its phased introduction around 2019.