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30 Dollars - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Australian Kookaburra
| Issuer | Perth Mint, Australia |
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| Year | 2001-2002 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A kookaburra in full flight is depicted with wings fully extended, soaring upward with its head raised, rendered in finely detailed high relief against a polished field. Behind the bird, an outline map of Australia fills the central field, emphasizing the national character of the design. The Perth Mint's P mintmark appears to the left of the central device. The arc legend AUSTRALIAN KOOKABURRA 2001 curves along the upper border, while the inscription 1 KILO 999 SILVER is positioned along the lower border, all within a beaded inner circle. |
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The kilogram Kookaburra series, launched by the Perth Mint in 1990, was among the first government-issued silver bullion coins in that weight class anywhere in the world. Each year's issue carries a new kookaburra design, a deliberate policy that drives collector demand well beyond the bullion floor and keeps earlier dates liquid on the secondary market. The 2001–2002 issues mark the transition between Ian Rank-Broadley's fourth portrait of Elizabeth II becoming fully embedded across Australian coinage.
Mintage on the kilogram format has always been capped, typically in the low thousands, making these pieces genuinely scarce relative to their smaller denominations in the same series.