One of Australias most popular silver coin collections, the Australian Kookaburra is released annually by Perth Mint and is coveted by investors around the world. The Australian Kookaburra Series comes in Brilliant Uncirculated and Proof options each year. There are also small releases of BU coins in this collection with privy marks. The Lunar Series privy mark is one of the most popular. Today, you have the opportunity to buy 2018 Australian Kookaburra Dog Privy 1 oz Silver Coins online from Provident Metals.

Highlights:

• Arrives with individual plastic capsules!
• 29^th coin from the Australian Kookaburra 1 oz Silver Series!
• Features a Year of the Dog Privy!
• Limited mintage of just 50,000 silver coins!
• Contains 1 Troy oz of .9999 pure silver.
• The face value of $1 (AUD) is backed by the Commonwealth of Australia.
• On the obverse is Queen Elizabeth II.
• The reverse depicts a kookaburra flying through the field.

The combination of the animals from the Lunar Series collections at Perth Mint and its annual Australian Kookaburra release is a popular, collectible silver coin. The Year of the Dog is the 11^th in the 12-year cycle of the Zodiac and represents those who are loyal, honest, kind, and cautious.

Obverse

On the obverse side of 2018 Australian Kookaburra Silver Coins is a depiction of Queen Elizabeth II. This effigy of the Queen was created in 1998 by Ian Rank-Broadley and first appeared on coins from the Royal Mint of England. The image shows the Queen in right-profile relief with the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara on her head. The effigy includes inscriptions of ELIZABETH II, AUSTRALIA, and 1 DOLLAR.

Reverse

The reverse field of the 2018 Australian Kookaburra Dog Privy Silver Coins features designs honoring both the kookaburra and the Year of the Dog on the Chinese lunar calendar. The center of the design field focuses on a kookaburra flying through the design element with its wings flapped back behind its head. In the background field, you will notice a small, circular privy mark with the image of a Labrador honoring the Year of the Dog. The inscriptions read AUSTRALIAN KOOKABURRA, 2018 1 OZ 9999 SILVER, and the P mint mark of Perth Mint.

History

Introduced in 1990, the Australian Kookaburra was issued annually with .999 pure silver from 1990 to 2017. Starting in 2018, the mint increased the purity of the coins to .9999 pure silver content.

Ordering

These 2018 Australian Kookaburra Dog Privy 1 oz Silver Coins are available to purchase in plastic capsules. The coins have a Year of the Dog privy on the reverse field and are limited in mintage to just 50,000 coins in total.

Please contact Provident Metals if you have any questions. You can call us at 800-313-3315, chat with us live online, or simply send us an email.