2021-06-01 Tue

Austria’s newest coin series adds a celestial element to its coinage. Not only it is the first coin in the Austrian Mint’s new series, The Uncharted Universe celebrating the Milky Way but also it is “S-shaped,” curved to mimic the spiral shape of our home galaxy.

The coin series tells a story about the cosmos which includes the Milky Way, black holes and neutron stars and also features surprising twists and turns. The first among the series is this 20 Euro coin.

The new coin has an alternating concave and convex surface. The combination of the convex and the concave surfaces on the coin’s obverse leads to an S-shaped silver surface upon which the Milky Way is depicted. The angular dimensions of the galactic coordinate system show the position of the sun in relation to the rest of our galaxy. The coin’s reverse features the same image of the spiraled Milky Way, though in color-printed form.

Image Courtesy: coinworld.com