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30 Dollars - Elizabeth II 3rd Portrait - Australian Kookaburra - Silver Bullion Coin
| Issuer | Perth Mint |
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| Year | 1993-1994 |
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| Weight | 1000 g |
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| Obverse description | The third effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, modelled by Raphael Maklouf, facing right, wearing the King George IV State Diadem and dressed in robes. The legend encircling the portrait reads 'ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 30 DOLLARS', with the designer's initials 'RDM' appearing below the truncation of the bust. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The 1993–1994 one-kilogram Kookaburra was among the earliest kilogram-weight silver bullion coins produced by any mint globally, at a time when Perth was aggressively expanding the Kookaburra program it had launched in 1990. The $30 face value was a legal fiction even then — the silver content alone vastly exceeded it from day one.
Annual design changes on the Kookaburra series were a deliberate policy to drive collector demand alongside bullion buyers, a dual-market strategy that Perth had already proven with the Nugget gold series.