Martin S. Collection of Australia Silver 1oz Kookaburra complete including Varieties
1996 S$1 KOOKABURRA - GOYA MS

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1996 Silver Kookaburra 1oz GOYA inlay gold privy MS70

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (30 March 1746 – 16 April 1828) was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker. He is considered the most important Spanish artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries and throughout his long career was a commentator and chronicler of his era. Immensely successful in his lifetime, Goya is often referred to as both the last of the Old Masters and the first of the moderns. He was also one of the great portraitists of his time.

Privy is celebrating his 250th birthday. It represents his most famous art work of his middle period. La Maja Desnuda (La maja desnuda) has been described as "the first totally profane life-size female nude in Western art" without pretense to allegorical or mythological meaning.

Maximum mintage was 2,500

Provenance: Michael Th. Collection. At the time of writing tied for top pop with just one other. The other one is in the Collection of Michael Th. (06/2021).