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8 Dollars - Elizabeth II 6th Portrait - Australian Kookaburra
| Issuer | Perth Mint |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Weight | 155.533 g |
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| Reverse description | A highly detailed rendering of a laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae) perched upon the rim of an ornate classical urn or birdbath, facing left with its distinctive heavy bill and richly textured plumage rendered in fine relief. Decorative spherical topiary shrubs in a garden setting appear to the left in the background. The bold stylised legend KOOKABURRA arcs prominently along the upper right rim in large display lettering. The inscriptions 2022 5oz 9999 SILVER appear in the upper left field, and the Perth Mint's P mintmark is positioned to the lower right of the bird. The reverse was engraved by Neil MacCormick, whose initials NM appear on the coin. |
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| Mintage | 2022 P - BU |
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The Kookaburra series, running since 1990, changes its reverse design annually — a deliberate strategy by the Perth Mint to drive collector demand through artificial scarcity of each year's design rather than limited mintage alone. The 8-dollar denomination in this series corresponds to the 5-troy-ounce format, a size introduced to satisfy bullion investors wanting heavier silver exposure without moving to kilo coins.
The sixth portrait of Elizabeth II, by Jody Clark, was adopted by the Perth Mint slightly later than some other Commonwealth mints following her death in September 2022.