The Austrian Mint has launched its new Niobium and Silver Bimetallic coin featuring robotics. The new 25 Euro Silver Niobium coin launch in March 2011. It is not only its interesting theme and exceptional artistic quality that make this coin so special, but also the innovative combination of silver and niobium involved in its production. The technology used is totally unique to Austrian silver-niobium coins: the colour of the niobium depends on the exact thickness of the oxide layer, which is only razor thin. In this case the niobium is Mars red.
The obverse of the coin depicts a modified version of Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man, in which a robot typifies ideal human proportions instead of a human being. The lower half of the coin depicts a binary code for the digital coding of information, as well as three gearwheels. These illustrations symbolise the cooperation between electronics and mechanics, which is fundamental in robotics.
The other side of the coin shows a Martian landscape with a mountain range, craters and rocks in the reddish niobium core. In the foreground a Mars robot deep drilling system explores the Red Planet.
The outer silver ring is designed as a starry sky in which the Earth can be seen to the right, where the niobium core and silver ring also show a coordination system.
Technical specifications:
Diameter: 34 mm.
Fineweight: 9 gram silver 900, 6,5 gram Niobium
Condition: Special uncirculated
Mintage: max 65,000 pcs.
Price: 51,70 EUR
You can visit Austria Mint website to order this coin. Austria has won a Most Innovative Coin last year with their 2008 Niobium Bimetallic coins in 2010 coin of The year award.
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