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Monday, 16 September 2024

3366) "Brachiosaurus", Niue Island: Coin minted by: The Czech Mint: "Coin Series - The prehistoric world": "The wondrous world of Mesozoic Lizards": Denomination: $1 (One Dollar - NZD): Ninth Coin in the Series: Date/Year of Coin issue: 04/2024:

3366) "Brachiosaurus", Niue Island: Coin minted by: The Czech Mint:  "Coin Series - The prehistoric world": "The wondrous world of Mesozoic Lizards": Denomination: $1 (One Dollar - NZD): Ninth Coin in the Series: Date/Year of Coin issue: 04/2024: 

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.

The Ninth Coin release resembles the Brachiosaurus:

The Ninth Mesozoic lizard appearing on the Czech Mint's silver coin from the Prehistoric World series is the The ninth Mesozoic lizard to appear on the Czech Mint's silver coin from the Prehistoric World series is a brachiosaurus.

Brachiosaurus was one of the largest sauropod dinosaurs and one of the largest land animals of all time. Its 26-metre-long and 13-metre-high body was built vertically and could weigh over 50 tonnes. It consumed 400 kilograms of plant food a day, feeding at heights of around 9 metres. It could reach the leaves from the treetops thanks to its long forelegs and long neck made up of 14 lightweight vertebrae supported by strong ropes of muscles and tendons. His brain was very small compared to the rest of his body. It was supplied with oxygenated blood by a 400-kilogram heart.

 The Coin:


The Reverse  of the One Dollar Silver Coin was dedicated by the medal maker Petr Patka, DiS., to the depiction of a flying archaeopteryx in vivid colours, which were achieved by means of colouring technology. 

No photographs or computer graphics were used as a template - the author of the coin created an original painting. 

The embossed relief presents a tiny lizard that the feathered dinosaur is trying to hunt. The composition of the reverse side is concluded by the inscription ARCHAEOPTERYX (on the upper periphert).

No photographs or computer graphics were used as a template - the designer of the coin created an original painting.

The embossed relief presents a Mesozoic sea. The composition of the Reverse is supplemented with the inscription "BRACHIOSAURUS" (on the upper left periphery). 

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".  

The specifications of the Silver One Dollar Coin are:

Country of issue: Niue Island; Denomination: $1 (One Dollar - NZD); Date of Coin issue: 11/2023; 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/Size37.00  mm; Packaging: Black leather case; Capsule: Yes.

One can save the coin dedicated to the dinosaur in a collector's album, which is full of interesting facts about the life of giant lizards.

The Presentation Box/Case - closed


The Presentation Box/Case - Open displaying the Coin and the Certificate of Authenticity (COA)


 The Paleoworld:







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:

1) "Plesiosaurs", Niue Island: Coin minted by: The Czech Mint: "Coin Serkies - The prehistoric Worfld - The wondrous world of Mesozoic Lizards": Denomination: $1 (One Dollar - NZD): Eleventh Coin in the Series: Date/Year of Coin issue: 08/2024

2) "ARCHAEOPTERYX", Niue Island: Coin minted by the Czech Mint: "Coin Series - The prehistoric world": "The Wondrous world of Mesozoic Lizards": Denomination: $1 (One Dollar -NZD): Eighth Coin in the Series: Date/Year of Coin issue: 11/2023

3) "Brachiosaurus", Niue Island: Coin Minted by: The Czech Mint: Coin Series - The prehistoric World of Mesozoin Lizards": Denomination: $1 One Dollar - NZD): Ninth Coin in the Series: Date/Year of Coin issue: 04/2024

4) "Stegosaurus", Niue Island: Coin minted by: The Czech Mint: "Coin Series - The prehistoric world": "The wondrous world of Mesozoic Lizards": Denomination: $1 (One Dollar - NZD): Tenth Coin in the Series: Date/Year of Coin issue: 08/2024

5) "Tyrannosaurus", Niue Island: Coin minted by: The Czech Mint: "Coin Series - The Prehistoric World": "The Wondrous World of Mesozoic Lizards": Denomination: $ 1 (One Dollar - NZD): First Coin in the Series: Date/Year of Coin issue: 05/2022

6) "Triceratops", Niue Island: Coin minted By: The Czech Mint: "Coin Series - The prehistoric World": "The wondrous world of Mesozoic Lizards": Denomination: $1 (One Dollar - NZD): Second Coin in the Series: Date/Year of Coin issue: 06/2022

7) "Ankylosaurus", Niue Island: Coin minted by: The Czech Mint: "Coin Series - The prehistoric world": "The wonderful world of Mesozoic Lizards": Denomination: $1 (One Dollar - NZD): Third Coin in the Series: Date/Year of Coin issue: 07/2022

8) "Pachycephalosaurus", Niue Island: Coin minted by: The Czech Mint: "Coin Series - The prehistoric world": "The wondrous world of Mesozoin Lizards": Denomination: $1 (One Dollar - NZD): Fourth Coin in the Series: Date/Year of Coin issue: 09/2022

9) "Parasaurolophus", Niue Island: Coin minted by: The Czech Mint: "Coin Series - THe rehistoric world":"The wondrous world of Mesozoic Lizards: Denomination: $1 (One Dollar - NZD) Fifth Coin in the Series: Date/Year of Coin issue: 04/2023:

10) "Maiasaura", Niue Island: Coin Minted by: The Czech Mint: "Coin Series: "The prehistoric world": "The wondrous world of Mesozoic Lizards": Denomination: $1 (One Dollar - NZD) : Sixth Coin in the Series: Date/Year of Coin issue: 07/2023:

11) "Pteronadon", Niue Island: Coin minted by: The Czech Mint: "Coin Series - The prehistoric World": "The wondrous world of Mesozoic Lizards": Denomination: $1 (One Dollar - NZD): Seventh Coin in the Series: Date/Year of Coin issue: 08/2023

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