The 2025 Silver Kookaburra marks the 35th anniversary of the Perth Mint’s longest-running silver series, struck in 1 troy oz of .9999 fine silver with a $1 AUD face value. A new kookaburra design arrives every year, and the anniversary edition adds a commemorative privy mark honoring the coin that started it all in 1990. Each coin ships in Brilliant Uncirculated condition inside a protective capsule.
Key Features:
- Purity and Weight: 1 troy oz of .9999 fine silver, $1 Australian legal tender
- Metal: Four-nines pure silver from the Perth Mint
- Obverse Design: Dan Thorne’s effigy of King Charles III
- Reverse Design: A kookaburra perched on a branch with a 35th anniversary privy mark
The obverse carries the left-facing portrait of King Charles III by Dan Thorne, ringed by CHARLES III AUSTRALIA and the 1 DOLLAR denomination, with dot separators flanking the legend. The clean field around the effigy gives the portrait room to stand out.
The reverse celebrates the bird that made the series famous. A kookaburra grips a bare, angled branch, shown in profile with its oversized beak, watchful eye, and layered breast and wing feathers engraved stroke by stroke. Fine rays fan outward behind the bird, and KOOKABURRA spans the top in bold serif letters above a curved 35TH ANNIVERSARY inscription. The specifications 2025 1oz 9999 SILVER run along the upper left rim beside the P mintmark, and an oval privy at the bottom reproduces the original 1990 kookaburra design, tying this release to the series’ first issue.
Kookaburras change their reverse annually and the Perth Mint caps production each year, a combination that gives the series collector demand beyond ordinary bullion. The .9999 purity also keeps the coin eligible for precious metals IRAs.
An anniversary design, sovereign backing, and one-year-only artwork make the 2025 Kookaburra a smart pick for stackers and series collectors alike. Order yours BU in capsule today.