3 Euros Antarctic krill
Features
| Issuer |
Austria
 |
|---|---|
| Period |
Second Republic (1945-date)
|
| Type | Non-circulating coins |
| Year | 2023 |
| Value | 3 Euros 3 EUR = USD 3.48 |
| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
| Composition | Copper-nickel |
| Weight | 16 g |
| Diameter | 34 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled, Coloured |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Number | N# 370667 |
| References | KM# 3353 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Commemorative issue
The Antarctic krill
Series: Luminous Marine Life
Obverse
Silhouettes of the various marine animals in the series.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
REPUBLIK ÖSTERREICH
3 EURO
Designer: Kathrin Kuntner
Reverse
Antarctic krill
Script: Latin
Lettering:
LEUCHTGAARNELE
2023
Designers: Kathrin Kuntner, Rebecca Wilding
Edge
Reeded
Mint
Austrian Mint (Münze Österreich), Vienna, Austria (1194-date)Comments
It may be tiny, but the Antarctic krill plays an absolutely massive role in the planet’s
ecosystem. Just 6 centimetres in length and weighing no more than 2 grams, the
vital little crustacean lights up the third coin in the Luminous Marine Life series.
The Antarctic krill is so important because it is one of the most abundant animal
species on Earth and forms the nutritional basis of many other marine animals in
Antarctica, including whales, fish, seals, penguins and other seabirds. If the Antarctic krill is doing well, other species are doing well, too. Krill themselves feed mainly on diatoms and other plant plankton that they collect on thin bristles on their
front legs. In spring, their favourite food consists of microalgae that grow on the
underside of drift ice.
Antarctic krill emit light through bioluminescent organs located in different parts
of the body, including the eyestalk and hips. The organs have a concave reflector
and a lens that guides the light, which is so highly developed it can be compared to
that of a torch.
ecosystem. Just 6 centimetres in length and weighing no more than 2 grams, the
vital little crustacean lights up the third coin in the Luminous Marine Life series.
The Antarctic krill is so important because it is one of the most abundant animal
species on Earth and forms the nutritional basis of many other marine animals in
Antarctica, including whales, fish, seals, penguins and other seabirds. If the Antarctic krill is doing well, other species are doing well, too. Krill themselves feed mainly on diatoms and other plant plankton that they collect on thin bristles on their
front legs. In spring, their favourite food consists of microalgae that grow on the
underside of drift ice.
Antarctic krill emit light through bioluminescent organs located in different parts
of the body, including the eyestalk and hips. The organs have a concave reflector
and a lens that guides the light, which is so highly developed it can be compared to
that of a torch.
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| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 65 000 | $ 18 | |||||||||||||
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