The Brandywine Collection
Australian Kookaburra with Delaware Quarter Privy Mark

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Australia’s Perth Mint celebrated the new state quarter program by adding a privy mark of each of the first five state quarters on the 1999 silver Kookaburra. For such a small reproduction of another coin on the coin, it’s done quite well. The reverse, in addition to the Delaware privy mark, features two kookaburras balanced on a thin branch of a eucalyptus tree. Kookaburras mate for life and both adult birds help raise their young. "The Australian Kookaburra" appears on the reverse, followed by the coin's weight, purity, and the year 1999.

The Perth Mint is owned by the Western Australian government and produces collector and investment coins. It was established in 1899 to mint gold sovereigns for the British Empire. The P100 mint mark on the reverse (below the kookaburras) celebrates the mint’s 100th anniversary.