The obverse
King Charles III in the current portrait era
Dan Thorne's left-facing effigy of King Charles III occupies the center. The surrounding inscription identifies the monarch and Australia, with the one-dollar denomination below.
The 2026 issue
The current edge of a continuous series
The 2026 standard one-ounce issue shows how the program continues after the transition to King Charles III and .9999 fineness while retaining an annually changing Kookaburra reverse.
The reverse places a kookaburra in flight above a river, framed by trees and rocks. Its left-side inscription records the date, one-ounce silver content and .9999 fineness; the design also contains a micro-laser engraved letter.
The published figure is a maximum of 500,000, not a final declared mintage. It is therefore presented as the production ceiling, with no final total shown.
- Series position
- Current issue in the 1990–2026 sequence
- Portrait era
- Charles III · Dan Thorne
- Issue record
- 500,000 maximum · final unavailable
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Design story
A bird in flight over the river
Wade Robinson's reverse uses a diagonal flying bird to cross a layered river, rock and tree setting, giving the current issue a wide landscape composition.
The reverse
A current annual reverse with a security feature
The flying kookaburra crosses the foreground above a river framed by trees and rocks. Wade Robinson is credited as designer, and the reverse includes a micro-laser engraved letter whose location is not identified here.
Full specifications
At a glance
Available dimensions, artists and issue details for this annual coin are listed below.
- Denomination
- AUD $1
- Silver content
- 1 troy ounce
- Fineness
- .9999
- Metal
- Silver
- Diameter
- 40.9 mm
- Thickness
- 3.5 mm
- Finish
- Brilliant Uncirculated (BU)
- Authentication
- Not documented in the listed item-level sources
- Legal-tender country
- Australia
- Mint
- The Perth Mint
- Obverse portrait
- Dan Thorne effigy of King Charles III
- Obverse artist
- Dan Thorne
- Reverse designer
- Wade Robinson
Mintage & issue
500,000
MaximumThe published number is a maximum production limit. A final declared mintage is not currently listed.
- Maximum mintage
- 500,000
- Issue status
- Maximum
- Source date
- 2026-08-12
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Sources
References for this annual coin
The references below cover the coin's specifications, design, mintage and annual context.
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.
Image credit
Obverse and reverse images: APMEX · 2026 standard 1 oz BU coin.