2 Dollars - Elizabeth II 6th Portrait - Australian Kookaburra - Silver Proof Gilded

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.