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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Australian Kookaburra - January Privy
| Issuer | Perth Mint |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse description | A kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae) is depicted perched on a eucalyptus branch at centre, facing left with fine feather detail rendered in high relief against a polished field. A circular privy mark in the lower field depicts the two-faced Roman god Janus with the Latin inscription JANVS and JANVARIVS, referencing the month of January. The circumferential legend THE AUSTRALIAN KOOKABURRA 1 OZ. 999 SILVER runs along the upper border within a beaded rim, and the date 2000 appears at the base. |
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| Reverse lettering | THE AUSTRALIAN KOOKABURRA 1 OZ. 999 SILVER JANVARIVS JANVS JANUARY 2000 |
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The monthly privy mark series attached to the Australian Kookaburra program was a deliberate strategy by the Perth Mint to drive collector demand in the final years before decimal coinage's decimal anniversary marketing cycles took over. The January privy for 2000 carries particular weight as a millennial-year issue — production runs for privy-marked Kookaburras were kept deliberately tight relative to the standard bullion strikes, with the mint never publishing full privy-specific mintage figures, which has kept secondary market pricing frustratingly speculative for dealers ever since.