(Nov 7, 2015)
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| Year | 2015 | | Weight (g) | 31.1 (1 oz) | | Diameter (mm) | 38.61 | | Country | Niue | | Face value | 1 Dollar | | Metal | Silver 999/1000 | | Mintage (pcs) | 500 | The coin features Ultra High Relief, antique finish, obverse red gold plated
Mintage limited to only 500 pcs!
The coin's obverse features a real and genuine meteorite Campo del Cielo over the meteor crater in Argentina
The coin's reverse depicts the effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the face value, the issue country and the issue date
A pair of flintlock pistols reportedly made of this material were given to President James Monroe
A smaller one is 56 meters in diameter and 5 meters deep
At 3 mm the Widmanstatten bands are thicker than those at Canyon Diablo or Odessa, but still thin enough to have the same coarse octahedrite classification
The mass was composed of large austenite crystals from 5 to 50 cm in size
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