Reaching Heaven documents on coins the history of manned flight, from the first and intrepid pioneers to the crowded skies of today. The arrival of the Propelled Flight is the reason for the second coin of the series, which pays tribute to the pioneers of aviation with engine, including Igo Etrich, who broke records in 1910 by flying for 140 km through the Northern Austria, or Charles Lindbergh, who became the first person to cross the Atlantic without stops and flying only in 1927.
Humans have envied the ability of birds to fly from the dawn of civilization, which is undoubtedly the reason why our feathered friends were the inspiration for many of the first aircraft designs. That was until the pioneer of early aviation Igo Etrich began to base his designs on the aerodynamics of the seed of a tropical plant called Zanonia macrocarpa that is located on the island of Java. When falling to the ground, the seeds keep their leaves horizontal, which slows their descent and helps them stay longer in the air. By adding a 60 horsepower engine to a plane with wings in the shape of a zanonia, Etrich managed to fly the 'Pigeon', a name he gave the aircraft, from Vienna to the northern city of Horn and vice versa.
Even more impressive was the 33-hour non-stop solo flight from New York to Paris, performed by a young man named Charles Lindbergh in the 'Spirit of St Louis', in a single-engine monoplane covered in cloth. This flight made in 1927 is commemorated on the obverse of the balloon-shaped coin in which the two cities are joined by an arch; Igo Etrich's pigeon can be seen in the foreground.
The reverse of the coin features a Junkers 52 which, despite the initial skepticism about its airworthiness due to its ungainly appearance, became one of the first unconditional air passenger transport.
Currency characteristics
Quality Proof
Serie Reaching the sky
Nominal value 20 euros
Design Helmut Andexlinger, Herbert Wähner, Kathrin Kuntner
Diameter 34.00 mm
Alloy 925 silver
Weight 22.42 g
Price € 59.40
The series consists of four currencies, with an emission volume of 30,000 pieces of each, of which two are issued in 2019 (January 23 and November 6) and two in 2020 (May 13 and September 9).
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