3 Euros Owl

3 Euros (Owl) - obverse3 Euros (Owl) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Austria
Period Second Republic (1945-date)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 2018
Value 3 Euros
3 EUR = USD 3.24
Currency Euro (2002-date)
Composition Copper-nickel
Weight 16 g
Diameter 34 mm
Thickness 2.3 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled, coloured
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
148670
References KM# 3281
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.

Commemorative issue

The Owl

Series: Colorful Creatures - night active coins

Obverse

Outlines of animals in center, value below.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPUBLIK ÖSTERREICH
3 EURO

Translation:
Republic of Austria
3 Euro

Engraver: Helmut Andexlinger

Reverse

Colorized image of an owl

Script: Latin

Lettering:
2018
EULE

Translation:
2018
owl

Engraver: Anna Rastl

Edge

Plain

Mint

Münze Österreich, Vienna, Austria (1194-date)

Comments

Issued on 5 September 2018 without packaging in copper alloy with colorized luminescent owl.
Information from Austrian mint:
Found on every continent except Antarctica, the owl is a mostly solitary and nocturnal bird of prey comprising 200 different species. Its eerie call, squat body and disproportionately large, staring eyes, which are forward-facing rather than on the side of its head, make the owl one of our most idiosyncratic and distinctive birds. The eighth coin in the Austrian Mint’s best-selling glow-in-the-dark Colourful Creatures series, The Owl is as distinctive as the magnificent bird itself.

Few sights in nature are as other-worldly as a perched owl rotating its head as much as 270 degrees, enabling it to see behind without moving its torso. Although owls can stare, their eyes are immobile, so they compensate by turning their heads instead of moving their eyes. Owls can do this because they have 14 neck vertebrae whereas humans only have seven, which makes the bird’s neck more flexible. Eyesight is a particular characteristic of the owl that aids in nocturnal prey capture. It is the bird’s eerie nocturnal activity that no doubt leads to its reputation for being a harbinger of ill health and death in some cultures; a belief that is widespread even today. In Western cultures, the owl is generally associated with wisdom. In modern Japan, owls are regarded as lucky and are carried in the form of a talisman or charm.

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