2019 Austria Silver Reaching for the Sky – Dream of Flight Proof NGC PF70UC w/Austria Label

Up, Up, and Away with the Pioneers of Aviation

Flight is an inherently human desire. To be able to leave the ground and travel to anywhere the heart desires is an ability everyone wishes they had. Almost anyone would take the ability to fly if given the opportunity. Now, the Austrian Mint is paying homage to the brave pioneers that have paved the way for us to fly today with its new Reaching for the Skies series of silver proof coins.

As the first release in the planned four-coin series, this "Dream of Flight" coin features several of the Fathers of Flight. The obverse prominently features Icarus wearing one of Leonardo da Davinci's winged designs for single-manned flight. Over his shoulder is a hot air balloon designed by the Montgolfier brothers – paper manufacturers-turned inventors who made the first piloted ascent – and a sky filled with stars and planets. The reverse shows Otto Lilienthal, a German who earned the title of "flying man" by being the first person to make repeated, well-documented, successful flights with a glider. Through his diligent work, both the scientific community and general public opinion about the possibility of flight improved greatly.

Now, all of their likenesses join forces on this exciting coin struck in two-thirds of an ounce (22.42 grams) of gleaming 92.5% Sterling silver as the first release in Austria's The Dream of Flight series. Each legal-tender €20 (twenty Euros) coin in this offer has been graded by the Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) as being in flawless Proof-70 Ultra Cameo (PF70UC) condition, a distinction that means your perfectly-graded proof will have ZERO imperfections – showing all features and fields exactly as the engraver and mint intended. It will also come sonically sealed in an acrylic holder with an exclusive Austrian-themed label.

Commemorate the aviation pioneers who paved the way for humanity to fly through the sky with the first coin from Austria's Reaching for the Skies series. It's your chance to get in on the ground floor of a coin series that soars through the skies!

• TO INIFINTY AND BEYOND – This is the first coin in Austria's The Dream of Flight four-coin series honoring the people that paved the way for flight to be possible today.

• STRUCK IN GLEAMING STERLING SILVER – These coins were struck in two-thirds of an ounce (22.42 grams) of 92.5% Sterling silver.

• LEGAL TENDER – Each of these coins are €20 (twenty Euros) legal tender.

• GRADED IN PERFECT PROOF CONDITION – Your Silver Reaching for the Sky – Dream of Flight Coin has been graded by the Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) as being in flawless Proof-70 Ultra Cameo (PF70UC). It will come sonically sealed in an acrylic holder with an exclusive Austrian-themed label.

• LIMITED MINTAGE – The mintage of these coins is just 30,000!

The path to flight was long and it was hard, with many roadblocks along the way but the people in this series kept pushing through to give us the ability to soar through the clouds today! This series not only pays homage to those great people but also serves as incredible works of art.