2016-10-18 Tue

The Royal Dutch Mint is celebrating the exhibit of the skeletal remains of Trix, a Tyrannosaurus rex, found in Montana, America in 2013, now at the Naturalis Museum of Natural History in Leiden, Netherlands, with the release of Proof silver medals with glow-in-the-dark technology.

The dinosaur Trix went on display on 10th September and will stay there till 5th June 2017. The museum is the first one outside North America to own and showcase a T. rex, and it’s one of the most complete skeletons of T. rex ever found.

The medals would depict the skeleton of Trix on one side, with the inscriptions TRIX and TYRANNOSAURUS REX. The other side will show the T. rex in Town exhibit logo.

Two versions of the medal include Brilliant Uncirculated copper-nickel and Proof .925 fine silver medals. The silver coin uses the glow-in-the-dark technology on the logo side.

The mintage limit of the 15.5 grams BU medal is 5,000 pieces and it costs €9.95. The mintage limit of the 31.1 grams Proof medal is 750 pieces and it can be bought for €59.95.