2024 Austria Silver/Niobium Edaphon €25 BU

• Contains .2604 oz of silver.
• Comes encapsulated and boxed with a numbered certificate of authenticity.
• Mintage of 65,000 coins.
• Obverse: The obverse of Edaphon shows the five factors that contribute to the development of soil: time, mineral material, climate, soil organisms (in the niobium core) and the relief of the landscape (in the outer silver ring). In the center are the roots of a plant, its leaves protruding into the silver ring.
• Reverse: The coin’s reverse features a mole at the top, an earthworm on the left, a snail at the bottom and an ant on the right. The niobium core shows a leaf on top and three other important organisms below: a fungal mycelium on the left, a beetle on the right and an earthworm above it.

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Although soil teems with ants, beetles and earthworms, the human eye does not see the inconspicuous army of microorganisms that lies within. Of vital importance to us, they decompose withered plants and dead trees, creating fertile humus. Working unconsciously together, bacteria, fungi, plants and animals build an intricate structure, but it can break down quickly when farmed. Indeed, although humans have been cultivating the soil for thousands of years, in modern times industrialization has had destructive consequences, with pollution, artificial fertilizers, monocultures and soil compaction reducing or preventing the productivity of the edaphon.

The 2024 silver niobium coin ingeniously illustrates the vibrant world of the soil. It is a world that forms the foundation of our existence and is the key to our planet’s future. So, let’s treat it with the respect it deserves – if the soil is doing well, we are doing well.

Austrian Mint
APMEX is proud to offer products from the Munze Österreich, or Austrian Mint. With more than 800 years of coin-production experience, the Austrian Mint in Vienna has become world-renowned for coin production and precious metals processing. As a subsidiary of the Austrian Central Bank, the Austrian Mint's foremost task is to produce all of the circulating euro coinage for Austria. The mint also strikes an impressive range of collector coins and medals, along with producing some of the world's best-selling bullion coins. In addition to the popular Silver Philharmonic coins, the Austrian Mint produces many beautiful commemorative coins to honor people, places and events of its history. More than 400 million coins are produced at the Austrian Mint each year.