Austria 3 Euro Base Metals Uncirculated Coin 2020 - Arambourgiania Philadelphiae - Super Saurs

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Austria 3 Euro Base Metals Uncirculated Coin 2020 - Arambourgiania Philadelphiae - Super Saurs

Country: Austria
Face Value: 3 Euro
Theme: Arambourgiania Philadelphiae
Collection: Super Saurs
Position in Series: 3rd out of 12
Composition: Base Metals
Quality: Uncirculated
Year: 2020
Weight: 16 g
Mintage: 65,000
Coin Shape: Circular
Diameter: 34.00 mm
Edge: Plain
Edge Inscription: None
Packaging: Lighthouse Capsule
Condition: See images
Certificate: No Certificate Issued
Mint: Austrian Mint AG
Designer: Mag. Helmut Andexlinger, Kathrin Kuntner

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Description:
The prehistoric behemoth that features on the third coin in the Supersaurs series is the largest flying animal to have ever dominated the skies – Arambourgiania. With a beak like a pelican, a neck like a giraffe, wings like a giant bat and a crest like a Mohican haircut, this extraordinary pterosaur is brought colourfully back to life on this superb coin.

Widespread short-tailed flying reptiles that died out at the end of the Cretaceous period some 66 million years ago, Arambourgiania were enormous creatures. Researchers estimate that the largest species had a 3-metre-long neck, a 13-metre wingspan and stood 5 metres tall. The earliest vertebrates known to have evolved powered flight, pterosaurs are often referred to as "flying dinosaurs". While that is not the case, they were more closely related to dinosaurs than to contemporary reptiles such as the crocodile.

Arambourgiania features all 12 of the extreme prehistoric animals in the Supersaurs series in silhouette on its obverse, while a colour-printed Arambourgiania is shown in its native prehistoric habitat on the coin’s glow-in-the-dark reverse. The 3 euro Supersaurs coins are legal tender in Austria.

About Euro Collector Coins:
Euro 'Collection Coins' are coins issued by Individual Member States.
These coins can not have a face value of 1c, 2c, 5c, 10c, 20c, €1, or €2.
They are legal tender within the issuing state.
The European Council concludes that other member states should also accept these coins (via their respective National Central Banks [transaction fee may apply]) thus effectively making them legal tender through the euro zone.