Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
30 Dollars - Elizabeth II 3rd Portrait - Australian Kookaburra - Silver Bullion Coin
| Issuer | Perth Mint |
|---|---|
| Year | 1995-1996 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | KM#292 |
| Obverse description | The third effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, as designed by Raphael Maklouf, faces right wearing the King George IV State Diadem, with a strand of pearls at the neck. The truncation of the bust is bare. The legend arcs around the upper periphery, reading ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 30 DOLLARS, with the designer's initials RDM appearing below the portrait. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 30 DOLLARS RDM |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
The 1kg Kookaburra series began in 1990 as Perth Mint's push into the competitive bullion market dominated at the time by the Canadian Maple Leaf and American Eagle. The $30 denomination is a legal tender face value assigned purely for technical reasons — no one has ever spent one. Each year carries a new kookaburra reverse design, which distinguishes the series from most bullion programs and drives date-by-date collector demand well above melt.
The 1995–1996 issues used Ian Rank-Broadley's third portrait of Elizabeth II, introduced that year across Australian coinage before its wider Commonwealth adoption.