1990Kookaburra perched on a tree stump
Inaugural 1 oz bullion issue.
About the series
One kookaburra. A new composition every year.
An annual Australian legal-tender silver bullion series whose reverse presents a new kookaburra design for each dated mainline issue.
This visual catalog follows the dated standard one-ounce brilliant-uncirculated run, connecting each annual design with its specifications, mintage status, artists and milestones.
Series highlights
- 37 consecutive annual issues, 1990–2026
- A changing reverse design anchors the chronology
- Obverse and reverse views for all 37 years
- Artists and portrait changes are recorded issue by issue
Year by year collection
Explore every dated Kookaburra
Each card shows the reverse of that dated standard 1 oz BU issue.
Showing all 37 annual issues.
2026
.9999 · AUD $1- Maximum
- 500,000
2025
.9999 · AUD $1- Maximum
- 500,000
2024
.9999 · AUD $1- Maximum
- 500,000
2023
.9999 · AUD $1- Declared
- 344,975
2022
.9999 · AUD $1- Sold out
- Final unavailable
2021
.9999 · AUD $1- Declared
- 266,676
2020
.9999 · AUD $1- Declared
- 375,914
2019
.9999 · AUD $1- Declared
- 219,660
2018
.9999 · AUD $1- Declared
- 243,740
2017
.999 · AUD $1- Declared
- 406,265
2016
.999 · AUD $1- Sold out
- Final unavailable
2015
.999 · AUD $1- Sold out
- Final unavailable
2014
.999 · AUD $1- Sold out
- Final unavailable
2013
.999 · AUD $1- Sold out
- Final unavailable
2012
.999 · AUD $1- Sold out
- Final unavailable
2011
.999 · AUD $1- Sold out
- Final unavailable
2010
.999 · AUD $1- Sold out
- Final unavailable
2009
.999 · AUD $1- Sold out
- Final unavailable
2008
.999 · AUD $1- Sold out
- Final unavailable
2007
.999 · AUD $1- Declared
- 213,436
2006
.999 · AUD $1- Declared
- 87,044
2005
.999 · AUD $1- Declared
- 95,145
2004
.999 · AUD $1- Declared
- 84,455
2003
.999 · AUD $1- Declared
- 109,439
2002
.999 · AUD $1- Declared
- 91,604
2001
.999 · AUD $1- Declared
- 169,265
2000
.999 · AUD $1- Declared
- 104,169
1999
.999 · AUD $1- Declared
- 109,364
1998
.999 · AUD $1- Declared
- 103,119
1997
.999 · AUD $1- Declared
- 159,497
1996
.999 · AUD $1- Declared
- 170,105
1995
.999 · AUD $1- Declared
- 154,247
1994
.999 · AUD $1- Declared
- 174,561
1993
.999 · AUD $1- Declared
- 190,581
1992
.999 · AUD $1- Declared
- 219,694
1991
.999 · AUD $5- Sold out
- Final unavailable
1990
.999 · AUD $5- Sold out
- Final unavailable
No annual issue matches that filter.
Design evolution
A visual chronology in silver
Six reverses highlight changes in composition, fineness and anniversary treatments across the series.
19902000Adult kookaburra on a branch with eucalyptus leaves
First mainline issue dated in the 2000s.
2010Kookaburra with an upturned beak perched on a branch
2015The 1990 kookaburra-on-tree-stump design with 1990–2015 anniversary dating
The 25th-anniversary mainline issue reused Stuart Devlin's original 1990 reverse and carries the P25 mintmark.
2020Kookaburra on a corrugated roof at dawn with stylized rays
The 30th-anniversary issue places a miniature of the 1990 design on the obverse.
2026Kookaburra soaring over a river framed by trees and rocks
Latest mainline year in the 1990–2026 sequence.
Designs & artists
Artists across the annual designs
Named designers are listed for the years attributed to them. Other years are marked as unattributed where no conclusive credit is available.
Stuart Devlin
Reverse designer
John Bergdahl
Reverse designer
Leslie Adonis
Reverse designer
Milena Milan
Reverse designer
Tony Dean
Reverse designer
Jovan Radanovich
Reverse designer
Louise Pinder
Reverse designer
Sara Langridge
Reverse designer
Mathew Gee
Reverse designer
Sarah Anderson
Reverse designer
Ryan Vanderwiel
Reverse designer
Justin Graham
Reverse designer
Shevaun Buschenhofen
Reverse designer
Darryl Bellotti
Reverse designer
Elise Martinson
Reverse designer
Natasha Muhl
Reverse designer
Sean Rogers
Reverse designer
Wade Robinson
Reverse designer
Obverse evolution
Royal portraits across the series
1990Opening issue
The inaugural Elizabeth II portrait is documented for 1990. Several other early attributions remain withheld where sources conflict.
1999–2018Ian Rank-Broadley
A twenty-year obverse run across the annual issues listed here.
2019–2023Jody Clark
Includes the regular effigy, the 2020 miniature-reverse treatment and the 2023 memorial presentation.
2024–2026Dan Thorne · King Charles III
The current three issues use the Dan Thorne effigy.
Mintage through the years
Declared totals, limits and sold-out years
Solid bars are final declared totals. Outlined bars are maximum-only limits. Sold-out records without a numeric final are shown as status markers.
DeclaredMaximum onlySold out · final unavailable
- 1990Final unavailable
- 1991Final unavailable
- 1992219,694
- 1993190,581
- 1994174,561
- 1995154,247
- 1996170,105
- 1997159,497
- 1998103,119
- 1999109,364
- 2000104,169
- 2001169,265
- 200291,604
- 2003109,439
- 200484,455
- 200595,145
- 200687,044
- 2007213,436
- 2008Final unavailable
- 2009Final unavailable
- 2010Final unavailable
- 2011Final unavailable
- 2012Final unavailable
- 2013Final unavailable
- 2014Final unavailable
- 2015Final unavailable
- 2016Final unavailable
- 2017406,265
- 2018243,740
- 2019219,660
- 2020375,914
- 2021266,676
- 2022Final unavailable
- 2023344,975
- 2024500,000
- 2025500,000
- 2026500,000
Featured story · 2015
The original bird returns after twenty-five years
The 25th-anniversary mainline issue reused Stuart Devlin's original 1990 reverse and carries the P25 mintmark.
The 1990 and 2015 mainline reverses show how the original bird-and-stump composition returned with anniversary dating and the P25 mintmark.
Explore the 2015 coinSeries coverage
The standard one-ounce annual series
This catalog excludes proof, high-relief, gilded, colorized, privy-mark, graded, 2 oz, 10 oz and kilogram products unless they are mentioned only as related variants.
- Annual issues
- 37
- Coin-face images
- 74
- Dated sequence
- 1990–2026
Selected sources
- The Australian Kookaburra Silver Bullion Coin Series 1990–2022The Perth Mint · 2026-08-12
- 2020 Australian Bullion Coin Program new designs and special releasesThe Perth Mint · 2026-08-12
- The Perth Mint Silver Kookaburra CoinsAPMEX · 2026-08-12
- 2015 Australia 1 oz Silver Kookaburra BUAPMEX · 2026-08-12