Today's featured coin is the 2013 Australian Kookaburra coin struck by The Perth Mint. This coin is a 1oz Fine Silver Proof High Relief quality coin.

If you read my Sneak Peek post written on 15 May 2021: Sneak Peek - Coin Reveal, you will recognise the outer box of this coin as it was mentioned in that previous post.

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Each Coin Reveal post as part of my Sneak Peek series features a special collector coin that I currently own in my stack or one that I would love to own one day. The focus of today's post is the 2013 Australian Kookaburra 1oz Fine Silver Proof High Relief coin.

The contents of each post will follow the same format and cover the five topics listed below.

1. Coin Story
2. Coin Packaging
3. Coin Details
4. Coin Design
6. Coin Protection

1. Coin Story

Australian kookaburras are believed to form a mating pair for life. Both the male and the female kookaburra share the incubation duties and they both care for the young.

The kookaburra breeding season runs from August to
January, which is the start of spring through until mid-summer in the Southern Hemisphere. The female kookaburra tends to lay two eggs which take up to twenty four days to incubate.

Kookaburras are carnivores, they are part of the kingfisher family of birds. The diet of a kookaburra consists of small birds, frogs, insects, small mammals and lizards. We have a number of kookaburras that live in our back garden, one day I saw one swoop down and pick up a baby lapwing bird. It was brutal and sad to watch, but it was nature at work.

On another day in our garden I saw two kookaburras swoop down and attack a carpet python that was slithering across my lawn.

Kookaburras have even been known to catch venomous snakes much larger than themselves. Like all kingfishers, kookaburras employ a 'sit and wait' technique of hunting.

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2. Coin Packaging

The aqua outer box portrays a photo of an adult kookaburra sitting on a tree branch. There is white text at the top of the outer case, '1oz Silver Proof', 'HIGH RELIEF KOOKABURRA' and 2013'.

Each 1oz Silver coin comes with an accompanying coin certificate, below is an excerpt from the certificate:

Certificate of Authenticity

This certificate accompanies a 1oz high relief Australian Kookaburra coin, struck by The Perth Mint from 99.9% pure silver in proof quality. The coin is issued as legal tender under the Australian Currency Act 1965.

The 1oz Silver proof coin is housed inside a dark grey clam shell case with The Perth Mint Swan Logo indented in the bottom left corner. The inside of the lid displays The Perth Mint Swan Logo in gold print with the words 'THE PERTH MINT AUSTRALIA' in gold text.

3. Coin Details

a. Mintage

The maximum mintage of the 2013 Australian Kookaburra coin was limited at 10,000 coins. The coin was issued as legal tender under the authority of Australia with a denomination of one dollar.

b. Purity

The 2013 coin has a purity of .999 fine silver.

c. Details

Mint/Brand:	The Perth Mint
Purity:	.999 Fine Silver
Denomination:	$1 (Australian)
Year of Issue:	2013
Edge:	Milled
Silver Content:	1oz
Weight:	31.135g
Diameter:	32.60mm
Thickness:	6.00mm
Maximum Mintage:	10,000

4. Coin Design

a. Reverse Design

The reverse of the coin depicts two young kookaburras sitting on a tree branch against a background of bush flowers and leaves.

The design includes an inscription of 'AUSTRALIAN KOOKABURRA', with the year '2013', the weight '1oz' and the purity '999 SILVER'.

b. Obverse Design

The obverse of the coin portrays the Ian Rank-Broadley effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the words 'ELIZABETH II', 'AUSTRALIA' and the denomination of '1 DOLLAR'.

5. Coin Protection

Each 1oz Fine Silver coin is stored in an original mint plastic capsule. It is highly recommended that you keep your silver proof coins in their capsules, to protect them from tarnish, or scratches on the coin that could result from handling the coin.

When handling your silver coin, for extra protection use a pair of cotton gloves. Cotton gloves protect your coins from oils in your fingers that may cause discoloration, damaging the finish of the coin. I have formed the habit to use cotton gloves even when I am handling coins in their plastic capsules.

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Post authored by @strenue