2022 Austrian €3 coin – Ornithomimus velox
- August 02, 2022
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- Pierre
The coin dedicated to Ornithomimus velox is the last coin of Supersaurs series. Ornithomimus velox bore some resemblance to the ostrich, albeit with a long tail and arms instead of wings. The dinosaur even had a toothless jaw that tapered into a beak. Weighing around 150 kilograms and measuring 4 metres from its beak to the tip of its long tail, Ornithomimus had lower legs that were significantly longer than its thighs, and elongated metatarsal bones, both typical characteristics of a fast runner. Computer models have calculated that Ornithomimus had a top speed of...
2021 Austrian €100 Gold of the Incas
- August 26, 2021
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- Pierre
From the 13th to the 16th centuries, the Incas ruled over a huge, highly developed empire made up of hundreds of Andean tribes,...
2021 €3 “STYRACOSAURUS ALBERTENSIS” from Austrian Mint
- August 10, 2021
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- Pierre
They may have looked terrifying but the spikes and horns that protruded from the head of Styracosaurus albertensis were not necessarily used for violent purposes. The...
COLOURFUL CREATURES SERIES – 2018 AUSTRIAN “FROG” COIN
- September 26, 2018
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- Pierre
The metamorphosis from the tadpole to the frog is one of nature’s most fascinating and familiar transformations. Typically lasting only 24 hours, and initiated...
Austrian 2018 “Silent night” 2/3 once silver coin
- September 11, 2018
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- Pierre
Recorded by everyone from Elvis Presley to the Vienna Boys’ Choir, one of the most popular and enduring song of all times Silent Night...
2019 Austrian numismatic program highlights
- September 03, 2018
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- Pierre
The Austrian Mint has sent us its 2019 numismatic program.
This program is marked by a transversal theme relating to the 825th anniversary of the...
100€ Gold – The Mallard – Wildlife series – Austrian MINT 2018
- August 28, 2018
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- Olivier
Of the six animals featured in the Wildlife in our Sights series, the mallard is the only one that most of us...
20€ EMPRESS MARIA THERESA – PRUDENCE AND REFORM – Austrian MINT 2018
- August 28, 2018
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- Olivier
Rounding off the Empress Maria Theresa series, Prudence and Reform, like all the coins in the series, is minted in extra-bold relief and...
URIEL – THE ILLUMINATING ANGEL 10 EURO SILVER COIN 2018 – Austrian MINT
- July 25, 2018
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- Pierre
The only angel in the Austrian Mint’s interfaith Guardian Angels series not recognized as an archangel by the Roman Catholic church, Uriel, the subject...
