Owl Wisdom - 22,42 g - silver collector coin

Few natural experiences are as ethereal as the sight of the piercing golden-yellow eyes of an owl peering through the darkness. This feeling is brought to life on The Wisdom of the Owl, the second coin in the five-piece Eyes of the World series, with glowing Swarovski® crystals that enhance the animal's already mythical quality. Despite the night hunter's ability to turn its oversized head up to 270 degrees, the omniscient calm it projects as it sits otherwise motionless on a branch is uncannily reminiscent of older members of our own species. This is perhaps why we humans have always recognized ourselves in the owl. The light of wisdom seems to shine in the bird's eyes, so much so that it was once believed that the owl creates the light itself, its eyes like round windows magically illuminating the darkness. To equate light with wisdom comes from a Western worldview that has since time immemorial pitted the light of reason against the forces of darkness. The reverse of the coin is dominated by a stylized owl's face with eyes made of multi-faceted golden yellow glittering Swarovski® crystals, the owl sits on a branch from which it patiently and persistently looks down.