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| Year | 2016 | | Weight (g) | 31.1 (1 oz) | | Diameter (mm) | 38.61 | | Country | Niger | | Face value | 1000 Francs | | Metal | Silver 999/1000 | | Mintage (pcs) | 699 | Mintage limited to only 699 pcs!
The colorful coin's reverse features the impact of meteorite Mount Tazerzait with Earth
For this reason the reverse of the coin features also a man with two animals, a camel and a goat
The coin's obverse depicts the Niger's Coat of Arms and the face value
A single stone of 110 kg was witnessed to fall by a seven-year-old Tuareg boy
This is insofar peculiar as the material must have been separated from its mother body very smoothly, before it started its journey towards earth
After the collision the debris fell back onto the planetesimal and the material accreted under relatively high temperatures
It is then that hydrothermal reactions take place altering the original nature and composition of the parent minerals
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