Meteorite Impacts Coin Series

Meteorite Impacts Coin Series

Meteorite Impacts Coin Series

Imagine holding a piece of an actual meteorite in your hand--matter that originated in outer space and landed on earth! Now imagine having a collection of many meteors! Now imagine each of those meteorite pieces being preserved in precious metal designed to commemorate each event. That's exactly what the Meteorite Impacts Coin Series is! It doesn't get much cooler than that.

Starting in 2004 this series has been chronicling and preserving meteorites around the globe. Let's take a look at this stunning series!


2004 Meteorite NWA 267 2oz Silver Coin

Country: Liberia
Year: 2004
Face Value: 10 Dollars
Metal: Silver .925
Weight: 2 oz
Size: 50 mm
Quality: Proof
Mintage: 999 pcs

This meteorite was found in North West Africa in 2000. There is no report of anyone observing the fall, but the original meteorite weighed 73.9 kg.


2006 Meteorite Nantan 25g Silver Coin

Year: 2006
Face Value: 5 Dollars
Metal: Silver .925
Weight: 25 g
Size: 38.61 mm
Quality: Proof
Mintage: 2500

Found in China in 1958, the Nantan meteorite fall is said to have occurred in May of 1516. Over 20,000lbs of meteorite material were found over a field 17 miles long by 5 miles wide.


2007 Brenham Pallasite Meteorite 25g Silver Coin

Country: Cook Islands
Year: 2007
Face Value: 5 Dollars
Metal: Silver .925
Weight: 25 g
Size: 38.61 mm
Quality: Proof
Mintage: 2500

Found in 1882, the Brenham meteorite is said to have fallen 20,000 years ago and is responsible for the Haviland Crater near Haviland, Kansas in the United States. Over 4.3 tons of material have been retrieved from the site. The largest fragment was retrieved in 2005 and weighs 1,430 lbs.


2008 Pultusk Meteorite 25g Silver Coin

Country: Cook Islands
Year: 2008
Face Value: 5 Dollars
Metal: Silver .925
Weight: 25 g
Size: 38.61 mm
Quality: Proof
Mintage: 2500

Pultusk is an H5 ordinary chondrite meteorite which fell on 30 January 1868 in Poland. The event has been known as the stony meteorite shower with the largest number of pieces yet recorded in history.


2009 400th Anniversary of the Observation of Mars 25g Copper-plated Silver Coin

Country: Cook Islands
Year: 2009
Face Value: 5 Dollars
Metal: Silver .925 copper-plated
Weight: 25 g
Size: 38.61 mm
Quality: Antique finish
Mintage: 2500

In honor of the first official observation of Mars by Galileo using his Galilei telescope in 1609, this coin marks the 400th anniversary and contains an actual piece of the red planet. How is that even possible? Earth's Mars rovers have collected and examined Mars soils extensively. That said, there is less than 100kg of Martian material on earth and each of these coins contains some of it. WOW!


2010 Meteorite HAH 280 25g Silver Coin
2010 Meteorite HAH 280 25g Silver Coin

2010 Meteorite HAH 280 25g Silver Coin

Country: Cook Islands
Year: 2010
Face Value: 5 Dollars
Metal: Silver .925
Weight: 25 g
Size: 38.61 mm
Quality: Antique finish
Mintage: 2500

Meteorite Hammadah al Hamra 280 was found in Lybia in 2000 weighing 58.4lbs.


2011 The Muonionalusta Meteorite 20g Silver Coin

Country: Cook Islands
Year: 2011
Face Value: 5 Dollars
Metal: Silver .925
Weight: 20 g
Size: 38.61 mm
Quality: Proof
Mintage: 2500

The Muonionalusta Meteorite impacted earth in northern Scandanavia about 1,000,000 years ago. It is said to be the oldest known meteorite and is made up of the iron core or mantle of a planetoid. It was first discovered in 1906.


2012 Seymchan Meteorite 20g Silver Coin
2012 Seymchan Meteorite 20g Silver Coin

2012 Seymchan Meteorite 20g Silver Coin

Country: Cook Islands
Year: 2012
Face Value: 5 Dollars
Metal: Silver .925
Weight: 20 g
Size: 38.61 mm
Quality: Proof
Mintage: 2500

Seymchan is a 600 lb meteorite found in the dry bed of the river Hekandue, in Russia, near the settlement of Seymchan, in June 1967. Subsequent fragments weighing 110 lbs and 112 lbs have since been found, even as recently as 2004.


2013 Chelyabinsk Meteorite 20g Silver Coin
2013 Chelyabinsk Meteorite 20g Silver Coin

2013 Chelyabinsk Meteorite 20g Silver Coin

Country: Cook Islands
Year: 2013
Face Value: 5 Dollars
Metal: Silver .925
Weight: 20 g
Size: 38.61 mm
Quality: Proof
Mintage: 2500

A very recent and highly documented meteor, the Chelyabinsk event occurred on February 13, 2013. A fireball was seen in the Russian sky and over 7,200 buildings were damaged, it collapsed a factory roof, and shattered windows. You can see video and learn more about the event here.


2014 Meteorite Impacts Moldavite Impact 1oz Silver Coin
2014 Meteorite Impacts Moldavite Impact 1oz Silver Coin

2014 Meteorite Impacts Moldavite Impact 1oz Silver Coin

Country: Cook Islands
Year: 2014
Face Value: 5 Dollars
Metal: Silver .999
Weight: 1 oz
Size: 38.61 mm
Quality: Proof
Mintage: 2500

Moldavite is a forest green, olive green or blue greenish vitreous silica projectile glass formed by a meteorite impact probably in southern Germany (Nördlinger Ries Crater) that occurred about 15 million years ago. It is a type of tektite. This coin was issued as the 10th anniversar coin of the series.


2015 Chondrite Impact Meteorite NWA 4037 1oz Silver Coin
2015 Chondrite Impact Meteorite NWA 4037 1oz Silver Coin

2015 Chondrite Impact Meteorite NWA 4037 1oz Silver Coin

Country: Cook Islands
Year: 2015
Face Value: 5 Dollars
Metal: Silver .999
Weight: 1 oz
Size: 38.61 mm
Quality: Antique finish
Mintage: 2500

The Chondrite Impact Meteorite NWA 4037 is a 661 lb meteorite found in North West Africa in 2005.


2016 Tamdakht Meteorite Strike 1/2 oz Silver Coin
2016 Tamdakht Meteorite Strike 1/2 oz Silver Coin

2016 Tamdakht Meteorite Strike 1/2 oz Silver Coin

Country: Cook Islands
Year: 2016
Face Value: 2 Dollars
Metal: Silver .999
Weight: 1/2 oz
Size: 38.61 mm
Quality: Antique finish
Mintage: 2500

The Tamdakht meteorite fell near Ouarzazate, Morocco on December 20th, 2008 producing a strewn field of approximately 16 mi by 1.2 mi and two small impact craters, one of about 3 ft 7 in diameter and 28 in depth and the other of about 7.9 in diameter and 3.9 in depth. The meteorite is named after a village close to the fall.


2017 Chergach Meteorite 1/2 oz Silver Coin
2017 Chergach Meteorite 1/2 oz Silver Coin

2017 Chergach Meteorite 1/2 oz Silver Coin

Country: Cook Islands
Year: 2017
Face Value: 2 Dollars
Metal: Silver .999
Weight: ½ oz
Size: 38.61 mm
Quality: BU
Mintage: 2500
Technique: smartminting®

Who says you have to be an astronaut to collect actual outer space rocks? Part of the Meteorite Impacts collection, the Chergach Meteorite silver coin is a replica of the impact site and contains a legit piece of the meteorite itself in the concave! Gilded to look like the Sahara Desert, near Timbuktu where it was discovered in 2007, this coin is a rare treasure.


2018 Erfoud Meteorite NWA 6827 1/2 oz Silver Coin
2018 Erfoud Meteorite NWA 6827 1/2 oz Silver Coin

2018 Erfoud Meteorite NWA 6827 1/2 oz Silver Coin

Country: Cook Islands
Year: 2018
Face Value: 2 Dollars
Metal: Silver .999
Weight: 1/2 oz
Size: 38.61 mm
Quality: Silk finish
Mintage: 2500
Technique: smartminting®

The 2018 addition to the extensive Meteorite Impacts lineup is the Erfoud Meteorite NWA6827, which follows in the footsteps of the Chergach and Tamdakht coins featuring a spectacular breakthrough at the center of the impact crater, adorned with a real meteorite fragment. The Erfoud Meteorite coin is copper plated to reflect the natural color of the Moroccon desert. Partial color applications highlight the crater relief. The original meteorite weighed 1289 grams and was discovered in 2008.


2019 Estacado Meteorite 1/2 oz Silver Coin
2019 Estacado Meteorite 1/2 oz Silver Coin

2019 Estacado Meteorite 1/2 oz Silver Coin

Year of Issue: 2019
Country of Issue: Cook Islands
Mint: Mayer Mint
Face Value: 2 Dollars
Coin Weight: 1/2 Troy Ounce
Metal Purity: 0.925
Metal Composition: Silver
Mintage: 2500
Features: Real Meteorite Inlay

We know you love our space specials, 'Meteorite Impacts', so here's the 2019 edition: the 1883 Estacado Meteorite of Hale County, Texas, USA. This coin was minted with it's originality in mind! Not only are you holding a half ounce of Titanium silver, but there's a genuine piece of the 640 pound meteorite set into your coin. Isn't it cool how the shape of the coin mimics the flight path of Estacado? We thought you might like that.

2019 Estacado Meteorite 1/2 oz Silver Coin MS70
2019 Estacado Meteorite 1/2 oz Silver Coin MS70

2020 Vinales Meteorite 1oz Silver Coin
2020 Vinales Meteorite 1oz Silver Coin

2020 Vinales Meteorite 1oz Silver Coin

Country: Cook Islands
Year: 2020
Face Value: 5 Dollars
Metal: Silver .999
Weight: 1 oz
Size: 33 mm
Quality: Proof
Mintage: 2500
Technique: smartminting® (Ultra High Relief)

Welp. We've broken the cool-o-meter with this one. Other people have coins. You have a coin with a LITERAL chunk of METEOR on it from freaking outer space! On February 1st, 2019 a meteor shower struck the little city of Vinales in Western Cuba and over 100kg of extraterrestrial material was collected. This incredible silver coin depicts the impact crater and contains embedded in it a 2mm piece of real meteor.


2021 La Cienega Meteorite 1oz Silver Coin
2021 La Cienega Meteorite 1oz Silver Coin

2021 La Cienega Meteorite 1oz Silver Coin

Country: Cook Islands
Year: 2021
Face Value: 5 Dollars
Metal: Silver .999
Weight: 1 oz
Size: 26 mm
Quality: Antique finish
Mintage: 2500

It was a sunny day when geologist Hugo Lino was prospecting for gold near the abandoned mining community of La Ciénega in Sonora, Mexico on January 30, 2014. He could not believe his eyes when he found a 6.1 kg fusion crusted meteorite. This is the 17th issue in the Meteorite Impacts series and in a series first, the meteorite is shown going into the edge of the coin as if the coin was liquid silver when the meteorite hit it! If you hold it at just the right angle, you will see the meteorite now being an integral part of the inside of the coin!


2022 Meteorite Impacts Aba Panu Meteorite 1 oz Silver Coin
2022 Meteorite Impacts Aba Panu Meteorite 1 oz Silver Coin

2022 Meteorite Impacts Aba Panu Meteorite 1 oz Silver Coin

Year of Issue: 2022
Country of Issue: Cook Islands
Mint: Mayer Mint
Face Value: 5 Dollars
Coin Weight: 1 Troy Ounce
Metal Purity: 0.999
Metal Composition: Fine Silver
Mintage: 2500
Features: Ultra High Relief

Watch out! This meteorite made a HUGE impact on collectors of the Meteorite Impacts coin series! It cradles a real-life piece of the Aba Panu meteorite, which made its grand entrance into the Earth's crust in April of 2018 next to a small Nigerian village from which it got its name. This stone hurled across lightyears of space and its journey brought it to you. How incredible is that? Maybe it's your lucky star?


Watch this page for new issues in this exciting series!

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