My first Kookaburra Proofs

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I picked up today two proof Kookaburras from Australia. I love this coin, but I'm a little confused abut the difference between the proof-like coins and the proof ones. I'm not sure i can yet tell the difference.

Anyway, here are the photographs.




I hope you enjoy looking at these coins.

Mandy

 

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Wow!!


Great Kookaburras! I give the top one a MS68 and the bottom one MS 69.

Ruben

 

I'm gonna buy one. That is a great looking coin.

 

The mint is out. You need to get them in the after market.

 

bummer. I still want one though and will do it anyway. Thanks for the notice.

 

http://www.apmex.com/Product/62662/2012_Australian_Kookaburra___1_oz_Silver_Coin.aspx

http://www.gainesvillecoins.com/products/158437/2012-1oz-silver-perth-mint-kookaburra.aspx

http://www.providentmetals.com/bullion/silver/foreign-slv/kookaburras.html

 

Hello

I got these from Apmex. You might do better by shopping around.

Amanda

 

I think the bottom one is the best kook ever

 

Simply lovely, Amanda........

 

I'm jelous

 

How did you take that picture? I found it very hard to photography that shiny silver. You got it perfect.

Amanda

 

You've nothing to be jealous of Ruben. Yours are lovely as well.

That bird....Kookaburar.....seems to resemble a North American King Fisher.

 

I don't remember. It was a lot of trial and error.

 

Bingo. i was going to say no, but your right.

Kookaburras (genus Dacelo) are terrestrial kingfishers native to Australia and New Guinea. They are large to very large, with a total length of 28–42 cm (11–17 in). The name is a loanword from Wiradjuri guuguubarra, and is onomatopoeic of its call. The single member of the genus Clytoceyx, though commonly referred to as the Shovel-billed Kookaburra, is not treated in this article.

Kookaburras are best known for their unmistakable call, which sounds uncannily like loud, echoing human laughter – good-natured, but rather hysterical, merriment in the case of the renowned Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae); and maniacal cackling in the case of the slightly smaller Blue-winged Kookaburra (D. leachii). They are generally not closely associated with water, and can be found in habitats ranging from humid forest to arid savanna, but also in suburban and residential areas near running water and where food can be searched for easily.

 

[video=youtube;RSlQor4gauA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSlQor4gauA&feature=related[/video]

They say they like to eat mice, but i can't understand that all around because mice are not native to Australia.

Ruben

 

Wow Ruben. So much, so quickly.

The thought was just an observation and off the top of my head......

 

I just googled it, not wrote or filmed it...

 

Ain't that 'google' thingie just most marvelous?

 

its amazing what you can build with $300,000,000