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Australian Silver Kookaburra

Index Australian Silver Kookaburra

The Silver Kookaburra is a silver bullion coin originating from Australia, and produced at the Perth Mint starting in 1990. [1]

11 relations: Australia, Bullion coin, Coin, Elizabeth II, Fineness, Kookaburra, Perth Mint, Privy mark, Proof coinage, Relief, Silver coin.

Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

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Bullion coin

A bullion coin is a coin struck from precious metal and kept as a store of value or an investment, rather than used in day-to-day commerce.

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Coin

A coin is a small, flat, (usually) round piece of metal or plastic used primarily as a medium of exchange or legal tender.

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Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms.

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Fineness

The fineness of a precious metal object (coin, bar, jewelry, etc.) represents the weight of fine metal therein, in proportion to the total weight which includes alloying base metals and any impurities.

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Kookaburra

Kookaburras are terrestrial tree kingfishers of the genus Dacelo native to Australia and New Guinea, which grow to between 28–42 cm (11–17 in) in length.

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Perth Mint

The Perth Mint is Australia's official bullion mint and wholly owned by the Government of Western Australia.

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Privy mark

A privy mark was originally a small mark or differentiation in the design of a coin for the purpose of identifying the mint, moneyer, some other aspect of the coin's origin, or to prevent counterfeiting.

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Proof coinage

Proof coinage means special early samples of a coin issue, historically made for checking the dies and for archival purposes, but nowadays often struck in greater numbers specially for coin collectors (numismatists).

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Relief

Relief is a sculptural technique where the sculpted elements remain attached to a solid background of the same material.

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Silver coin

Silver coins are possibly the oldest mass-produced form of coinage.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Silver_Kookaburra

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