1 Ounce Gold Kookaburra 2025 (Mintage: 150 | High Relief | Proof)
- Lifelike Design: feathers like real ones
- Perth Mint: renowned mint
- Highest Purity: fineness 999.9
- Lifelike DesignThe Laughing Kookaburra sits on a branch before sun rays
- Perth MintStruck in Australia, recognisable by the P mint mark
- Highest PurityFine gold with its own security feature in the coin design
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Kookaburra 2025, 1 ounce gold
It isn’t laughing, it’s calling.Its image, raised high in gold.
1 ounce gold in proof quality and high relief, 2025 issue. The image shows the kookaburra on a branch for the 35th anniversary, below it a privy mark recalling the first design of 1990.
Kookaburra 2025, 1 ounce gold, side with the kookaburra, image
1 ounce gold in proof quality and high relief, 2025 issue. The image shows the kookaburra on a branch for the 35th anniversary, below it a privy mark recalling the first design of 1990.
The call
In chorus with the family
koo-koo-koo-koo-koo-kaa-kaa-kaa
In German it is also called Lachender Hans, “laughing Hans”. But what sounds like laughter is a territorial call: it warns other birds to stay away, as the Australian Museum writes.
The family often calls in chorus, above all at dawn and dusk. This is how it tells other kookaburras that its territory is occupied.
In the breeding season other kookaburras help out, usually young birds from the previous one to two years. Everyone in the group shares the rearing, and the parents are believed to pair for life.
At around 42 centimetres and 340 grams on average, it is one of the largest kingfishers. It lives almost everywhere in eastern Australia where suitable trees grow.
The perch
It waits quietly on a perch with a good view, then drops straight down.
Under the loupe
The side with the kookaburra carries the weight, fineness and year, together with the mintmark of the Perth Mint.
On the other side: the effigy of King Charles III by Dan Thorne. The design is by Sean Rogers.
KookaburraThe kookaburra
ReliefThe high relief
EffigyThe effigy
The image up close
The designs
How the years show it
Since 1990 the silver coin has carried the kookaburra, almost every year with a new design. The first was created by Stuart Devlin, who also designed Australia’s first decimal coins of 1966. Here are the years from our range.
2026In flight over the river
2025On the branch, 35 years
2024In flight, with a snake
2023Two kookaburras on the waratah
2022On the birdbath
2021On a eucalyptus branch
2020At dawn, 30 years
2019On a branch by the water
2018Flying in
2017Two on a wooden fence
2016On a fence post
2015On a tree stump
2014On a branch
2013Two on a branch
2012Among eucalyptus leaves
2009In front of rays
The other years are shown as the 1 ounce silver coin.
The image stands out
For the high relief, the Perth Mint strikes with an extra deep die, and the design stands clearly raised above the field. Along with it comes the proof finish with its mirrored field, as the image shows.
Silver
Gold
Proof
High relief
Gilded
Privy mark
In colour
Gold-plated
Incused
Antiqued
How their sizes compare
Gold, from 0.5 grams up to five ounces
0.5 g11.6 mmDesign 2025
1/10 ounce16.6 mm
1/4 ounce20.6 mm
1 ounceDesign 2025
2 ounces36.6 mmDesign 2024
5 ouncesDesign 2023
Silver, from one ounce up to one kilogram
1 ounce40.9 mm
5 ounces50.9 mm
10 ounces75.9 mm
1 kg100.9 mm
At a glance
- Issuing country
- Australia
- Face value
- 100 AUD
- Metal
- gold
- Weight
- 1 ounce
- Fineness
- 999.9/1000
- Year
- 2025
- Effigy
- Charles III
- Mint
- Perth Mint
- Quality
- Proof
- Maximum mintage stated by the issuer
- 150 coins
In the evening the family often calls once more in chorus.
Gold Kookaburra 2025 High Relief: Exclusive Rarity with Only 150 Pieces Worldwide
- Strictly limited: Tiny mintage of only 150 specimens worldwide
- Growth potential: Enormous appreciation potential due to extreme limitation and high demand
- Rarity: Exceptionally rare collector's coin for discerning collectors
- Design: Detailed depiction of the iconic Kookaburra with fascinating feather structure
- Manufacturer: Perth Mint – Australia's most renowned mint
- Country of origin: Australia
- Special feature: High Relief striking for exceptional visual and tactile appeal
- Striking quality: Highest striking quality "Proof" (PP)
The Gold Kookaburra 2025 in High Relief is a true masterpiece of the minting art. With a mintage of only 150 pieces worldwide, this coin is among the rarest issues ever produced by the Perth Mint. Holding such a jewel in your hands means becoming part of an exclusive community of collectors.
Fascinating Detail Through High Relief Technique
The spectacular High Relief striking lends the majestic Kookaburra an impressive three-dimensionality. Every single feather seems to literally emerge from the gold. This elaborate striking technique makes the coin a tactile experience – you will want to pick it up again and again to feel the raised details. The characteristic laugh of the Kookaburra, captured in purest gold with a fineness of 999.9/1,000, is brought to perfection by the Proof quality.
"A strictly limited mintage of this kind for an established series like the Kookaburra is exceptionally rare. Collectors worldwide will be competing for these 150 specimens."
Investment Highlights of This Collector's Coin
- Extremely low mintage of only 150 pieces guarantees absolute rarity
- High Relief striking significantly increases collector value
- Established Kookaburra series with a worldwide collector base
- Perth Mint as a guarantor of the highest quality standards
- Perfect size with 27.60 mm diameter for optimal detail presentation
The Perth Mint has set new benchmarks with this collector's coin. While regular Kookaburra issues are struck in significantly higher quantities, the very low mintage makes this issue a highly sought-after collector's piece. The appreciation potential is correspondingly remarkable – comparable limited issues from the past impressively demonstrate what price developments are possible.
Technical Perfection Meets Artistic Brilliance
With a fine weight of exactly one ounce (31.10 g) and the highest purity level of 999.9/1,000, this gold coin meets all the requirements of a first-class collector's item. The Proof quality ensures mirror-smooth surfaces on which the relief of the Kookaburra stands out with particular plasticity. Presented in an elegant case, this rarity is a worthy centrepiece of any discerning collection.
The face value of 100 AUD underscores its official status as legal tender in Australia. Yet the true value lies in its extreme scarcity: Only 150 pieces for collectors worldwide – a number that is vanishingly small given the global Kookaburra fan base. This limitation makes every individual owner a privileged member of a very exclusive circle.
Why This Particular Kookaburra Issue?
- First High Relief issue of the popular series with such a low mintage
- Perfect combination of an established design series and innovative striking technique
- Ideal addition to complete Kookaburra collections
- Crossover appeal for High Relief specialists and Australia collectors
- Documentation of Australian numismatic history in perfection
Gold may generally serve as an inflation hedge, but this collector's coin goes far beyond that. It combines the fascination of collecting with the extraordinary appreciation potential of a genuine numismatic rarity. In times when collectors worldwide are searching for exceptional pieces, this limited Kookaburra issue represents a unique opportunity.
Secure one of the coveted 150 specimens of this extraordinary Gold Kookaburra 2025 in High Relief now. A decision that marks you as a true connoisseur and adds a new dimension to your collection. For while gold has proven itself as crisis protection for thousands of years, the extreme limitation makes this coin a numismatic treasure of tomorrow.
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