2 Dollars - Elizabeth II 3rd Portrait - Australian Kookaburra

Features

Country Australia
Queen Elizabeth II (1952-date)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 1998
Value 2 Dollars
2.00 AUD = 1.54 USD
Currency Dollar (1966-date)
Composition Silver (.999)
Weight 62.207 g
Diameter 50 mm
Thickness 4 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑

Commemorative issue

Australian Kookaburra Bullion Coin Series

Obverse

3rd portrait of Queen Elizabeth II facing right wearing the King George IV State Diadem

Lettering:
ELIZABETH II
AUSTRALIA
2 DOLLARS
RDM

Designer: Raphael David Maklouf

Raphael David Maklouf is a sculptor, best known for designing the effigy of Queen Elizabeth II used on the coins of many Commonwealth nations. Maklouf was born in Jerusalem emigrating with his family to the United Kingdom after the Second World War. He attended the Camberwell School of Art until 1958, afterward becoming an academic lecturer for ten years. He was made an Associate of the Royal Society of British Sculptors in 1979. Raphael Maklouf was born to a Jewish family. His father is Samuel Maklouf, born in Safed, Raphael Makouf's mother is Leonie Maklouf.

Reverse

Adult and chick kookaburras on branch left. Privy mark, featuring overlapping reverse and obverse design of the Jubilee sovereign minted in 1887.”

Lettering:
THE AUSTRALIAN KOOKABURRA 2 OZ. 999 SILVER
1998

Edge

Reeded

Mint

Perth Mint, Australia

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
1998  1,500 Proof with Jubilee Sovereign Privy

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