Niue 2025 KOOKABURRA Trio John Gould Birds of Australia $1 1 Oz Silver Color OGP

Description: In Stock and Ready for Immediate Shipment! Australia's most collected bird, the Kookaburra, is captured in the skilled artistry of John Gould. This is the lowest mintage one ounce silver Kookaburra coin ever! Don't miss out, make these Kookaburra triplets yours today! The Kookaburra is beloved by coin collectors and investors the world over as the flagship avian of Australian precious metals. Behold, this Kookaburra Trio is the fifth entry in the popular John Gould's Birds of Australia Program, hot on the wings of the Rainbow Lorikeet, Black Swan, Major Mitchell's Cockatoo and the Eastern Rosella Parrot. Not surprisingly, all four previous eye-catching avians from the Land Down Under are completely sold out at the mint. No wonder, with a tiny mintage of just 750 coins each! We expect the Kookaburra to fly off the shelf as well (sorry, we had to). We can't stress immediate action too fervently! Kooka silver coins are well known, well loved, and, frankly, hoarded by collectors across the globe. Simply put, this is the lowest mintage one troy ounce Kookaburra pure silver coin ever issued! (If you know a lower mintage one, please clue us in!) And if the tiny mintage of 750 wasn't enough, look at that design! Three friendly kookas, in all their colorful glory, share a tree branch. Plus, you get three for the price of one—we might as well call them triplets! With its extremely limited mintage of just 750 don't delay—make these beautiful birds yours today! All four previous releases in the John Gould's Birds of Australia Program Eastern Rosella Parrot Major Mitchell's Cockatoo Black Swan Rainbow Lorikeet have sold out at the mint quickly. This 5th release in the series is the one of the popular numismatic birds in the world—better get yours today! A Realistic Reproduction of John Gould's Original Illustration Faithfully reproducing the sublime artwork from Gould’s masterpiece, this sumptuous silver proof celebrates what is indubitably Australia's best known and most popular bird, the Kookaburra. This beauty presents Gould’s illustration of a kookaburra trio in a new format, fully displaying the birds' vibrant plumage. Utilizing cutting edge digital color minting technology, the Kookaburras' colorful feathers are shown off to full effect. More about this famous avian in the article below. The JG privy mark confirms that the design has been adapted directly from John Gould's The Birds of Australia, the seminal masterwork that ranks with John James Audubon's The Birds of America in its importance and groundbreaking brilliance. Please read the presentation below for more about John Gould, known as the father of Australian ornithology, and his exquisitely decorated masterpiece, The Birds of Australia, the first comprehensive tome on Aussie bird life. John Gould and The Birds of Australia John Gould FRS was an English ornithologist. He published a number of monographs on birds, illustrated by plates produced by his wife, artist Elizabeth Gould, and several other artists. In 1838 John Gould and his wife Elizabeth, a talented painter and illustrator, sailed to Australia from England, intending to study the birds of that country and be the first to produce a major work on the subject. Collector John Gilbert accompanied them; they collected many bird specimens, then returned home to England in May 1840. Shortly after their return to England, Elizabeth Gould died in 1841. She completed 84 plates for Birds of Australia before her untimely death at the age of just 37. The result of the Goulds’ trip was the seminal The Birds of Australia (1840–48), a seven volume work which is the first comprehensive illustrated account of Australian birds. It included a total of 600 plates; 328 of the species described were new to science and named by Gould. He also published A Monograph of the Macropodidae, or Family of Kangaroos (1841–1842) and the three-volume work The Mammals of Australia (1849–1861). John Gould is considered a naturalist on the order of the American John James Audubon, similarly famous for his illustrated works on a newly-settled continent’s birds. The Birds of Australia was issued by subscription; in all there were 250 subscribers, so 250 sets of the seven-volume work were printed. Today, complete sets of original volumes have sold at auction for more than USD 200,000! The collection was published in a folio format that measures about 23 inches (57 cm) in height. Of the original 250 sets, 175 are accounted for in institutional collections. The remaining 75 are either in private hands; have been broken up to be sold as individual prints; or have been lost to history. Obverse A full color portrait of a trio of colorful kookaburras sitting in their favorite tree. The legend KOOKABURRA defines the theme, while the privy mark JG indicates that the vignette is taken from an illustration in John Gould's seminal work The Birds of Australia. Reverse His Majesty, King Charles III, in profile effigy facing left. This portrait was executed by the engraver Jody Clark. The legend CHARLES III, the date of issue and denomination also appear, while the legend 1 OZ 999 SILVER guarantees the weight and purity. Packaging The coin is encapsulated inside a luxurious clamshell-style presentation case, lined with black velvet and satin, and protected by a full color outer cardboard box. An individually-numbered certificate of authenticity is included. The image of the back side of the certificate is a mint-supplied image intended for general reference only. Serial number on image is NOT indicative of the serial number you will receive! Specifications Country Niue Year of Issue 2025 Face Value One Dollar Weight 31.135 g Diameter 40.00 mm Mintage Limit 750 Finish Proof with Color Composition .999 Fine (Pure) Silver Edge Reeded (milled, serrated) Artist John & Elizabeth Gould (obverse) Jody Clark (reverse) Certificate Individually Numbered 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. Kookaburras are carnivorous. They eat lizards, snakes, insects, mice and raw meat. The more socialized birds will accept handouts from humans and will take raw or cooked meat from open-air barbecues left unattended—so don't leave your shrimp on the barbie! Kookas are territorial, and often live with the partly grown chicks of the previous season. 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: "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! Copyright © 2025 Talisman World Coins and Medals. All Rights Reserved.

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