The ninth Mesozoic lizard to appear on the Czech Mint's silver coin from the Prehistoric World series is a brachiosaurus.

Brachiosaurus was one of the largest sauropod dinosaurs and one of the largest land animals of all time. Its 26-metre-long and 13-metre-high body was built vertically and could weigh over 50 tonnes. It consumed 400 kilograms of plant food a day, feeding at heights of around 9 metres. It could reach the leaves from the treetops thanks to its long forelegs and long neck made up of 14 lightweight vertebrae supported by strong ropes of muscles and tendons. His brain was very small compared to the rest of his body. It was supplied with oxygenated blood by a 400-kilogram heart.

The reverse side of the coin was dedicated by the medal maker Petr Patka, DiS., to the depiction of a brachiosaurus in vivid colours, which was achieved using colouring technology. No photographs or computer graphics were used as a template - the author of the coin created an original painting. The embossed relief presents another dinosaur and an erupting volcano. The composition of the reverse is concluded by the inscription BRACHIOSAURUS. The obverse side of the coin, which is common to the entire cycle, bears a fossilised skeleton of a tyrannosaurus and the English inscription PREHISTORIC WORLD. As the licence to issue the commemorative coins of the Czech Mint is granted by the Pacific island of Niue, the obverse bears its necessary attributes - the national emblem, the nominal value of 1 DOLLAR (NZD) and the year of issue 2024.

You can save a coin dedicated to a dinosaur in a collector's album full of interesting facts about the life of giant lizards.