Daily Archives: January 2, 2017
Cook Islands 2009 5$ MOON Lunar Proof Silver Coin Real Meteorite Insert
Cook Islands 2009 5$ MOON Lunar Proof Silver Coin Real Meteorite InsertEXTREMELY LOW mintage limit only 2,500!! Coin with REAL Meteorite piece inserted. By launching the space probe Luna 3 on October 4, 1959 the Soviet Union initiated a new step for the footrace to the moon. With a small camera the space probe succeeded to take first photos of the earths averted side of the moon which no human being has ever seen before – dark side of the moon. The pictures were of poor quality; however the highlands and lowlands were clearly recognisable. The big dark Mare Moscoviense
Cook Islands 2010 $5 The HAH 280 Meteorite 25 g Silver Coin with Insert
Cook Islands 2010 $5 The HAH 280 Meteorite 25 g Silver Coin with InsertThe meteorite Hammadah al Hamra 280 (HAH 280) was found in the year 2000 in Jabal al Gharb in the Hammadah al Hamra region in Libya. 280 stands for the number of catalogued meteorites found in this area. As a so-called carbonaceous chondrite the HAH 280 is classified in the very rare CK4 group. The scientific analysis confirms which are about 700 million years older than our 4,5 billion year old solar system, provide the evidence. The meteorite HAH 280 originates from the so-called asteroid-belt. Today it
