3361) Plesiosaurs, Niue Island: Coin minted by: The Czech Mint: "Coin Series - The prehistoric world": "The wondrous world of Mesozoic Lizards": Denomination: $1 (One Dollar - NZD): Eleventh Coin in the Series: Date/Year of Coin issue: 08/2024:
The Czech Mint's twelve-part series entitled Prehistoric World presents the wondrous realm of Mesozoic lizards – not only the dinosaurs that ruled the land, but also their relatives that conquered the sea and the air.
Diminutive creatures of all shapes and sizes disappeared from the world 66 million years ago, leaving behind only old bones and burning questions.
What did they look like? What did they do for a living? How did they communicate? How did they fight? How did they care for the young?
Many of the answers can be found on the brightly coloured silver coins.
Plesiosaurs:
The Eleventh Coin release resembles plesiosaurs.
These marine reptiles, which evolved in parallel with the dinosaurs, possessed two pairs of fins. The vertical movement of the limbs, which is not found in any contemporary aquatic animal and which resembled rowing underwater, allowed them not only to swim quickly, but also to stand still.
They grew twenty meters long, but most of that was a neck topped with a small, jagged head. Although they were feared predators, they had many enemies beneath the surface…
They had broad, stocky bodies, short tails, long necks and two pairs of fins. The vertical movement of the limbs, which is not found in any modern aquatic animal and which resembled rowing underwater, allowed plesiosaurs not only to swim fast but also to stand still. They could grow up to 20 metres.
Most of that length, however, was made up of a neck topped by a small flat head full of sharp teeth designed primarily to catch fish and cephalopods. Plesiosaurs were predators, but they still had many enemies - marine crocodiles, sharks and ichthyosaurs.
The Obverse of the One Dollar Silver Coin, which is common to the entire cycle, bears a fossilised skeleton of a tyrannosaurus together with the English inscription "PREHISTORIC WORLD".
As the licence to issue the commemorative coins of the Czech Mint is granted by the Pacific island of Niue, the Obverse bears its necessary attributes - the "national emblem", the nominal value of "1 DOLLAR (NZD)" and the year of issue "2024".
This year, the following lizards appear on the coloured silver coins:
• Brachiosaurus (already released)
• Stegosaurus (already released)
• Plesiosaurus (coming out now)
• Ichthyosaurus (November 2024)
The specifications of the Silver One Dollar Coin are:
Country of issue: Niue Island; Denomination: $1 (One Dollar - NZD); Date of Coin issue: 08/2024; Coin Series Theme: "Coin Series - The prehistoric world"; Coin Theme: "Prehistoric world - Plesiosaurus"; Coin Quality: Proof (P), Coloured issue; Mintage: 1,000 pieces; Designer: Petr Patka, DiS; Numbered issue: No; Certificate of Authenticuty (COA): Yes; Metal Composition: .999 Fineness Silver (Ag); Weight: 31.1 grams or 1.00 Oz; Diameter/Size: 37.00 mm; Packaging: Black leather case; Capsule: Yes
The Czech Mint's twelve-pieces series of commemorative coins titled "Prehistoric World" presents the wondrous realm of Mesozoic lizards - not only the dinosaurs that ruled the land, but also their relatives that conquered the sea and air.
The creatures of all shapes and sizes disappeared from the world 66 million years ago, leaving only old bones and burning questions. How did they look like? What did they eat? How did they communicate? How did they fight? How did they care for their young?
Many of the answers can be found inside this collector's album that is packed with pictures and interesting facts about the lives of the following creatures:
Tyrannosaurus (2022)
Triceratops (2022)
Ankylosaurus (2022)
Pachycephalosaurus (2022)
Parasaurolophus (2023)
Maiasaura (2023)
Pteranodon (2023)
Archaeopteryx (2023)
Brachiosaurus (2024)
Stegosaurus (2024)
Plesiosaurus (2024)
Ichthyosaurus (2024)
The album is bilingual - it contains texts in Czech and English.
Links to "The Coin Series - The Prehistoric World - The wondrous world of Mesozoic Lizards:
Links to Seven Wonders of the Ancient World:
5) Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), Niue: First Silver Coin with a denominational value of 1 NZD (One New Zealand Dollar) in "Geniuses of the 19th Century Coin Series" minted by the Czech Mint on behalf of Niue: Date of Coin issue: 01/2020
6) Nikola Tesla, Niue: Second Silver Coin with a denominational value of 1 NZD (One New Zealand Dollar) in "Geniuses of the 19th Century Coin Series" minted by the Czech Mint on behalf of Niue : Date of Coin issue: 03/2020
7) Alfred Bernhard Nobel, Niue: Third Silver Coin with a denominational value of 1 NZD (One New Zealand Dollar) in "Geniuses of the 19th Century Coin Series", minted by the Czech Mint on behalf of Niue: Date of Coin issue: 07/2020
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