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2 Dollars - Elizabeth II 6th Portrait - Australian Kookaburra - Silver Proof Gilded
| Issuer | Perth Mint, Australia |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Composition | Gold (.9999) plated silver (.9999) (Gilded) |
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| Reverse description | A kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae) is depicted perched upon an ornamental birdbath, surrounded by Agapanthus blossoms and foliage in a stylised garden setting, rendered with gilded highlights contrasting against the mirrored proof field. The design captures fine feather detail on the bird and delicate floral relief throughout the composition. The legend and technical inscriptions appear around and within the field, including the date, weight, fineness designation, and mintmark, identifying this as a two-ounce fine silver proof issue struck at the Perth Mint. |
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| Mintage | 2022 P - Proof - Gilded - 2,000 |
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The Australian Kookaburra silver bullion series has run continuously since 1990, making it one of the longest-running annual silver programs from any mint globally. Each year's issue carries a new kookaburra design — a deliberate policy by the Perth Mint to drive annual collector demand rather than maintaining a fixed reverse. The gilded variant applies 99.99% gold over select design elements, a finishing technique the Perth Mint has refined across multiple bullion-adjacent proof series since the early 2000s.
Elizabeth II's sixth portrait, by Jody Clark, was adopted by the Perth Mint later than most Commonwealth mints — first appearing on Australian coins in 2019.