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Silver coin Prehistoric world - Stegosaurus proof
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Prehistoric world
Stegosaurus is the tenth Mesozoic lizard to appear on the Czech Mint's silver coin from the Prehistoric World series.
The herbivorous stegosaurus was not a very intelligent creature. Its nine-metre-long body was dominated by a brain the size of a human fist, but when it came to life, it could be a deadly opponent. The stegosaur's tail, which it wielded like a club, was tipped with four sharp spikes up to 90 centimetres long. Another hallmark of this dinosaur was the two rows of bone plates on its back. The massive growths did not function as armour. Because they weren't connected to the skeleton and were richly interwoven with blood vessels, it's thought that they were used for thermoregulation or to communicate during mating and in dangerous situations.
The reverse side of the coin was dedicated by the medal maker Petr Patka, DiS., to the depiction of the stegosaurus in vivid colours, which were achieved using 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 Mesozoic nature. The composition of the reverse is supplemented with the inscription STEGOSAURUS. The obverse side of the 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 side bears its necessary attributes - the national emblem, the nominal value of 1 DOLLAR (NZD) and the year of issue 2024.
You 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.
