Austria 3 Euro Base Metals Uncirculated Coin 2023 - Deep-sea Anglerfish - Luminous Marine Life

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Austria 3 Euro Base Metals Uncirculated Coin 2023 - Deep-sea Anglerfish - Luminous Marine Life

Country: Austria
Face Value: 3 Euro
Theme: Deep-sea Anglerfish
Collection: Luminous Marine Life
Composition: Base Metals
Quality: Uncirculated
Year: 2023
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: Kathrin Kuntner, Rebecca Wilding

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Description:
As dark and scary as the deep blue sea itself, a black coin like the Deep-sea Anglerfish has never been seen before.
When illuminated with ultraviolet light its secret is revealed as you come face to face with a scary sea monster.
A highlight of Luminous Marine Life, the fourth coin in the 3 euro series is more than worthy of a sea creature that could not be more extraordinary.

With a spherical body, large head and a mouth packed with sharp teeth, deep-sea anglerfish are bizarre-looking creatures found below a depth of 300 metres in all the world's oceans.
With a body length of between 6 centimetres and 1.2 metres, it is amazing how much larger the female is than the male, which tends to reach only a few centimetres in length.

To catch their prey, female deep-sea anglerfish are equipped with a ‘fishing rod’ (illicium) and attached ‘lure’ (esca), which is usually equipped with a luminescent organ.
The internal structure of the esca is complex and includes a bewildering variety of vesicles filled with luminescent bacteria.
In addition to the esca’s luminescent organ, all species of the genus Linophryne possess a light-producing barbel on the hyoid bone.
However, the barbel’s light does not come from light-producing bacteria but from a photogenic granulate lying between the cells.
The independent development of two different light-producing mechanisms in this genus is unique in the natural world.


All 12 of the magical sea creatures in the Luminous Marine Life series are shown in silhouette on the coin’s obverse.
Air bubbles up between them and a tail fin disappears beneath the waves to the right.
The coin’s reverse is framed by a wide band reminiscent of an old-fashioned porthole decorated with a shell and a starfish.
Within the porthole the coin’s surface is black, but when illuminated with ultraviolet light a glowing red and green deep-sea anglerfish appears, with its open mouth full of long pointed teeth and a glowing ‘fishing rod’ on its forehead for catching small fish.

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.