Composed of 1 troy ounce of .999 pure silver, the 2001 Australian Kookaburra is an affordable way to invest in silver — and it’s eligible for contribution in your self-directed IRA.

Each 1 oz silver coin arrives in brilliant uncirculated condition, housed in a plastic capsule for long-term storage and protection.

Since 1990, the Perth Mint has released an annual edition of the Silver Kookaburra Coin. Each installment features a new design, available in various sizes from one ounce to one kilo.

The reverse of each 2001 one ounce Silver Kookaburra features two of the cuddly birds sitting back-to-back, perched on a branch. It is inscribed with the words “THE AUSTRALIAN KOOKABURRA,” “1 OZ .999 SILVER,” “2001.”

The obverse of each coin features Ian Rank-Broadley’s Queen Elizabeth II design, and it is inscribed with its denomination of one dollar.

2001: A Year in History

– Walmart beat ExxonMobil as the largest corporation on earth

– The internet encyclopedia, Wikipedia was launched

– George W. Bush was sworn into office as the forty-third President of the United States

– On Sept. 11, 2,996 people were killed in the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon

– President Bush signed the Patriot Act into law

About the Perth Mint,/p>

The Perth Mint was founded in 1899 after gold was discovered in local Australian deposits. The newly-established mint struck gold and silver sovereigns until Great Britain abandoned the gold standard in 1931.

The mint remained under British ownership until July of 1970, when it ceded to the state government of Western Australia. Today, the Perth Mint produces nearly all of the nation’s legal tender bullion coins in its state-of-the-art manufacturing facility.

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