1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Kookaburra Penny

Features

Issuer Australia
Queen Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 2008
Value 1 Dollar
1 AUD = USD 0.65
Currency Dollar (1966-date)
Composition Silver (.999)
Weight 60.46 g
Diameter 50 mm
Thickness 4 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
71203

Commemorative issue

1921 Kookaburra Penny

Series: RAM Subscription Silver Proof Issues

Obverse

Miniature 4th portrait of Queen Elizabeth II facing right wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara over re-creation of a 1921 Kookaburra Penny, type 12 (obverse)

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2008
GEORGIVS V D.G.BRITT:OMN:REX
1921

Designer: Ian Rank-Broadley

Reverse

Re-creation of a 1921 Kookaburra Penny, type 12 (reverse)

Script: Latin

Lettering:
1921 KOOKABURRA PENNY
AUSTRALIA
ONE PENNY
ONE DOLLAR

Designer: Wojciech Pietranik

Edge

Reeded

Mint

Royal Australian Mint, Canberra, Australia (1965-date)

Comments

12th coin in the RAM Silver Proof Subscription Series that ran until 2011

Released by the RAM in 2008 this proof coin commemorated the Square Kookaburra Penny coin that was never released to circulation. The coin was released in a capsule in a plush case with limited edition certificate.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
2008  6 592 Proof in Case

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