Links to "Luminous Marine Life" Coin Series:
- To celebrate the "United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development", this Coin Series embarks on an undersea adventure that shows just how fascinating and colourful the underwater world can be.
With a mintage of 65,000, of the twelve innovative 3 Euro Coloured Coins in the Series, four will be issued each year over 3 years.
As improbable and magical as the sea creatures featured on the coins may seem, they really do exist.
Even though some of them live in the perpetual darkness of the deep seas, where no ray of sunlight penetrates, they all have extraordinary luminous qualities. They flash, sparkle and glow and change colour when necessary.
The same applies to the coins themselves, which glow when exposed to ultraviolet light in a way that is both exciting and piques our sense of scientific curiosity.
A dedicated ultraviolet torch will help the viewer to experience the charming creatures of Luminous Marine Life in full
The Seventh Coin in the Series: The Surgeonfish: The Seventh Coin in the Series: The Surgeonfish A surgeonfish looks funny:with its disc-shaped body, its bright blue colour, its astonished eyes. It looks like it has been created from a child's drawing. On the seventh 3-euro coin in the "Glowing Sea Worlds" series, it can change its colour with the help of UV light
Where do surgeonfish get their name from?
The surgeonfish has a bony extension on both sides of the base of its tail. These end in a razorf-sharp blade that resenbles a scalpel. When a rival comes close, this blade is unfolded as a threat. It is a striking yellow colour as a warning signal so that an attack does not even have to happen. If it does happen, these knives inflict cuts on the enemies. These "scalpels" turn the fish into a doctor.
Glowing surgeonfish children:
As soon as young surgeonfish are about the size of a euro coin, they begin their life on the sea floor.If they are illuminated with a special light at this stage, we see them glowing strongly green.
As important as sheep and cows:
Surgeonfish are vegetarians. They use their incisors to pick algae from sunlit sea rocks all day long. It almost looks like they are eating the rocks, but with each bite they are grazingoff a few tiny strands of algae.
Surgeonfish are about as important to a healthy coral reef as sheep or cows are to a meadow. Without surgeonfish, the algae would grow so much that the corals would soon run out of space and would suffocate. In addition, the surgeonfish's feces and urine fertilize the corals in the reefs.
The other side of of this special collector and gift coin is dominated by a blue surgeonfish: in the background one can see several species of coral and two other, but yellow, blue surgeonship. Blue surgeonfish are still yellow in colour when they are young. This face is framed by a wide band reminiscent pf an old-fashioned porthole decorated with a shell and a starfish frame, which present an aquatic scene thatfeatures a coral reef.
Surgeonfish are depicted in the top left of the scene, sea fans to the right, brain coral in the centre and sea anemones in the bottom left, while clownfishare dotted around the reef. The peripheral inscriptions are -"DOKTORFISCH 2024".
The value side presents, in the style of a paper cut-out, all the sea creatures that appear in the 12-piece coin set "Shining Sea Worlds". Air Bubbles can be seen between them, and to the right of them is a tall fin diving into waves.
The whole thing is framed by a historic-looking porthole decorated with a starfish and a shell. If the coin is illuminated by a UV flashlight, the fish beginsto fluoresce green and a little blue.
The Blue Surgeonfish Coin:
Together with the other "Glowing Sea Worlds" coins it aims to vividly demonstrate the beauty and vitality of the underwater world. To ensure that the marine habitat remains as diverse as it is on the colourful coins, we have to protect it - from ourselves.
.When the special UV torch is shone on the Coins’ Reverse, the Stony Coral and Sea Anemones stand outclearly in the centre and glow and change colour.
On the Obverse of the 3 Euro Base Metal Coin, all 12 of the magical sea creatures in the "Luminous Marine Life Coin Series" are shown in silhouette.
Air bubbles up between them and a tail fin disappears beneath the waves to the right.
The peripheral inscriptions are - "REPUBLIK OSTERREICH. 3 EURO".
The specifications of the Coin are:
Country: Oesterreich Republik ("Republic of Austria"); Date/Year of Coin issue: 2024; Coin Denomination: 3 Euro; Coin Series Theme: "Luminous Marine Life"; Coin Theme: "Surgeon Fish or Doctor Fish"; Metal Composition: (Copper Alloy) Coloured Metal; Coin Quality: Uncirculated (U); Diameter/Size: 34.00 mm; Total Weight: 16.00 grams; Coin Designer: Kathrin Kuntner, Rebecca Wilding; Mintage: 65,000 pieces; Edge: Plain; Accessories: UV Torch for special colour effect; Packaging: Comes without packaging.
Co-developed with marine researchers, this Collector album not only stores all 12 coins in the Luminous Marine Life series but is also crammed with fascinating information about the 12 sea creatures that feature on them.
The album explains in detail how they live in and illuminate their aquatic environment and how vital that environment is for our planet as a whole, the threats it faces from humans and shows what can be done about it. It does so in a style that is understandable for youngsters yet entertaining for adults, making it a source of fun for coin collectors of all ages. You will learn, for example, about the ingenious deep-sea angler fish, which uses its very own illuminated fishing rod to lure its unsuspecting prey when hunting.
The album concludes with a quiz where you can have fun testing your newly acquired knowledge of marine biology.
It is only available in German language.
In addition to a dedicated Collector album, Luminous Marine Life also comes with its own special tool for enhancing the visual experience of the 12 coins in the series:
Through UV light, the torch maximises the experience by making the sea creatures on the coins really shine and glow. By shining the torchlight on the coins, the sea creature can be seen to change colour.
One can also use the torch to discover whether 2 of the 12 marine animals on the coins are nothing but dark or are harbouring a bright secret. And the fun does not stop with the coins themselves – illustrations and information are also hidden here and there throughout the album. By examining the pages with the torch, with a bit of luck one may discover them.
UV light is an abbreviation for ultraviolet light, which is also as known ‘black light (UV-A)’. Important instructions on how to use the lamp safely can be found on the back of the torch packaging.
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