Canada 25 Cent Coloured Coin 2012 Pachyrhinosaurus Lakustai - Dinosaurs
Series: Glow in the Dark North American Dinosaurs
The Pachyrhinosaurus lakustaidinosaur coin is the first in a 4-coin Prehistoric Creature glow-in-the-dark (photo-luminescent) series!Obverse: Susanna Blunt’s design of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Reverse: The palaeontologist's interpretation of how Pachyrhinosaurus lakustai may have appeared - both inside and out!
Mintage: 25000.
Composition: cupronickel.
Finish: specimen with colour.
Weight: 13.7 g.
Diameter: 35 mm.
Edge: plain.
Face value: 25 Cents.
Artist: Julius T. Csotonyi (reverse), Susanna Blunt (obverse).
Manufacturer: Royal Canadian Mint.
Pachyrhinosaurus lakustaiPachyrhinosaurus Lakustai was first discovered in 1972 by a science teacher from Grande Prairie, Alberta named Al Lakusta. In what would prove a significant discovery, Lakusta located the dinosaurs in a rich bed of prehistoric bones at Pipestone Creek, Alberta. The bonebed is perched on the steep wall of a valley carved through bedrock, exposing strata of the Wapiti Formation.
When the area was finally excavated in 1986, paleontologists from the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology in Drumheller, Alberta, were amazed to find an enormous wealth of bones. Some areas of the site averaged 100 bones per square meter.
The herd that these researchers ultimately uncovered is a species of ceratopsid (or horned dinosaur) from North America’s Late Cretaceous period. These formidable beasts were up to 8 metres (26 feet) long and weighed up to four tons. The most distinctive feature of this amazing beast is its massive head, which is dominated by large bony structures called “bosses” above the nose and eyes (Pachyrhinosaurus means “thick-nosed lizard”) and a hefty frill of bone on the back of its skull festooned with small horns.
While their substantial armour of facial and cranial bone suggests a menacing nature, was actually a herbivore that survived on tough, fibrous plants.
Special features:
• For best effect, place the coin in sunlight, fluorescent, or incandescent light for 30 – 60 seconds then bring the coin into the dark to reveal the skeleton of the dinosaur!
• Turn off the lights and discover the Pachyrhinosaurus’s glowing skeleton!
• Photo-luminescent will not wear!
• Limited to 25,000 coins worldwide.
• Designs approved by the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology.
Series: Glow in the Dark North American Dinosaurs
Canada 25 Cent Coloured Coin 2012 Pachyrhinosaurus Lakustai - Dinosaurs