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CRETACEUS Life in the Ground Kreide Prehistoric Life Silver Coin 20€ Euro Austria 2014

Spanning some 80 million years, the Cretaceous period ended 66 million years ago when an asteroid collided with Earth. The period's high sea levels meant that large portions of the landmass were under water, but on dry land dinosaurs such as struthiosaurius austriacus thrived. Protected by body armour, this small yet fearsome creature is brought to life on the third coin in our Prehistoric Life.
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Data sheet

Country
Austria
Year
2014
Face Value
20 Euro
Metal
Silver
Fineness (purity)
.900
Weight (g)
20
Diameter (mm)
34
Quality
Proof
Mintage (pcs)
50.000
Certificate (COA)
Yes
Presentation case (box)
Yes
Weight range
Less than 1 oz
Series
Prehistoric Life
Description
The dinosaur's remains were discovered in a coal mine south of Vienna in 1855 by geologist Eduard Suess and palaeontologist Ferdinand Stoliczka, along with those of a pterosaur and a raptor. These are shown on the coin‘s obverse above the timeline, which both links the coin to the other four geologic periods explored in the series and provides a sense of continuity. The coin's reverse is illustrated with a typical landscape from the period, in which a zalmoxes protects its eggs from a hungry struthiosaurius austriacus.
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F.A.Q.
The Series
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The first coin in our Prehistoric Life: Back from the Dead series, Triassic illustrates the geologic period when all the Earth's continents were joined together in one vast landmass known as Pangaea. The...
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Still continuing today, the youngest of all geologic periods, the Quaternary, features on the action-packed fifth and final coin in the Austrian Mint's thrilling Prehistoric Life: Back from the Dead series. Not just...
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Beginning after an asteroid collided with earth over 65 million years ago, the Tertiary was the period when the Earth started to resemble more closely the planet we inhabit today. The dinosaurs became extinct, but...
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Between 200 and 150 million years ago, the Jurassic was the period when some of the largest animals to have ever existed were in their prime. Among them, the Pterosaurus ruled the skies back when the continents of...

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