Austria 20 Euro Silver (.925) Proof Coin 2021 - The Serpent Creator - Eyes of the World

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Austria 20 Euro Silver (.925) Proof Coin 2021 - The Serpent Creator - Eyes of the World

Country: Austria
Face Value: 20 Euro
Theme: The Serpent Creator
Collection: Eyes of the World
Position in Series: 1st out of 5
Composition: Sterling Silver (.925)
Quality: Proof
Year: 2021
Weight: 22.42 g
Fine Weight: 20.74 g (0.67 Troy Oz)
Mintage: 30,000
Coin Shape: Circular
Diameter: 34.00 mm
Edge: Reeded
Edge Inscription: None
Packaging: Official Box, Capsule and Outer Sleeve
Condition: See images
Certificate: Yes
Mint: Austrian Mint AG
Designer: Mag. Helmut Andexlinger, Anna Rastl

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(Will combine shipping):
* Standard Post (Ireland): €6
* Registered Post (Ireland): €10
* Collection (Bray): Free

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Description:
Obverse
The coin's obverse features an illustration of a snake slithering out of foliage.
This is bordered by a dotted pattern reminiscent of Aboriginal Australian dot painting.

Reverse
The coin's reverse is dominated by a large stylised snake head.
The snake's eye is made from orange-coloured drop-shaped stone of refined and polished Swarovski crystal, from which a nuanced light is refracted.
Both inspirational and resplendent, this also manages to create a sense of eye contact with the snake.

About
The first coin in the series, Australia - the Serpent Creator, features the Rainbow Serpent, considered by Aboriginal Australians to be the creator of the world.
For Aboriginal Australians the world is explained through the 'Dreamtime', an epoch during which the earth, living creatures and plants obtained their physical appearance.
One of the heroes of this mythical time is the Rainbow Serpent.

In almost all regions of Australia the Rainbow Serpent is seen as the creator, which is dreamed of as an earth spirit that creates mountains, valleys and life's most precious and vital resource water.
The Rainbow Serpent is a hermaphrodite creature that is able to reproduce itself.
As it can shed its skin, it also stands for recreation and creative development and among mythical creatures is the creative one.
The human eye cannot see the serpent's real shape.
As a rainbow it connects the sky and earth, the physical and metaphysical worlds.

Series
Eyes of the World is a five-coin series of silver coins, each featuring an animal with a special characteristic for which it was praised in the myths of previous cultures.

The eyes of the five animals featured in the series are each in their own shade of Swarovski crystal, enhancing the animals' already mythical quality.