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Australia 2009-P Kookaburra & Rising Sun $1 Pure Silver Dollar Reverse Proof with P20 Mint Mark
Price: $99.95
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Product Description
A laughing kookaburra greets the rising sun on this pure silver beauty with a special 20th anniversary mint mark!


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What's So Funny?
The kookaburra is probably the best known bird of Australia. There are actually four species of kookaburra found in Australia and New Guinea. All are members of the Kingfisher family. Far and away the most familiar is the Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae).
Kookaburras are famous for their unmistakable call, which sounds uncannily like loud, echoing human laughter - good-natured, if rather hysterical, merriment in the case of the Laughing Kookaburra; and maniacal cackling in the case of the slightly smaller Blue-Winged Kookaburra (D. leachii). The word "kookaburra" is borrowed from an aboriginal word of the Wiradjura language, "guuguubarra", which is onomatopoeic of (replicates) the avian's call.
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The notoriety of the kookaburra's laugh, as well as its nervy antics, has been spread worldwide by the popular children's song "Kookaburra" by Marion Sinclair. Please see the end of this article for the complete lyrics to the song "Kookaburra".
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Obverse
A laughing kookaburra perches on a branch in front of the rising sun. The legend 1 OZ 999 SILVER guarantees the weight and purity. A special Perth Mint "P20" mint mark is judiciously placed to to the lower left, between rays of the sun. The legend THE AUSTRALIAN KOOKABURRA and the date are also indicated.
Reverse
Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II of England, in crowned profile facing right. This portrait, featuring Her Majesty wearing a tiara and pearl earrings, was executed by the sculptor Ian Rank-Broadley. The legend ELIZABETH II and denomination also appear.
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Specifications
Country | Australia |
Mint | Perth Mint of Australia |
Year of Issue | 2009 |
Face Value | One Dollar |
Weight | 31.135 g |
Diameter | 40.60 mm |
Gauge (Thickness) | 4.00 mm |
Mintage Limit | 300,000 |
Finish | Reverse Proof |
Composition | .999 Fine (Pure) Silver |
Edge | Reeded (milled, serrated) |
Artist | Ian Rank-Broadley (reverse) |
Packaging | Encapsulated |
"Kookaburra" by Marion Sinclair
Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Merry, merry king of the bush is he
Laugh kookaburra, laugh
Kookaburra, gay your life must be
Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Eating all the gumdrops that he can see
Stop, kookaburra, stop
Kookaburra, leave some there for me
Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Chasing all the monkeys he can see
Stop, kookaburra, stop
Kookaburra, that's not a monkey, that's me!