Description ——————- Country :Cook Islands Year :2016 Face Value :2 Dollars Metal :Pure silver. 999 Weight :1/2 Oz Size :38.61 mm Quality :Proof antique finish Mintage :2,500 pcs. Worldwide Certificate of Authenticity :Yes Original ETUI box/case :Yes The amazing Tamdakht meteorite is predestined to be immortalized on this very interesting 1/2 Oz Silver coin, with an authentic fragment of meteorite inlaid. The coin has an interesting particularity has a hole in the middle. The coin features Ultra High Relief, antique finish quality and mintage is limited to 2500 pieces worldwide. The coin’s reverse features a real and genuine meteorite Tamdakht over the meteor crater near Ouarzazate, in Morocco. In the center of the crater is a hole produced in the moment of impact. All around of the reverse, the inscriptions: Tamdakht Chondrite Meteorite Strike the name of the coin and 2016 the issue year. The obverse of the coin depicts the effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the issue country: Cook Islands and the face value: 2 Dollars. History Meteorite Tamdakht A meteorite is a solid piece of debris from an object, such as a comet, asteroid, or meteoroid, that originates in outer space and survives its passage through the Earth’s atmosphere and impact with the Earth’s surface. When the object enters the atmosphere, various factors like friction, pressure, and chemical interactions with the atmospheric gases cause it to heat up and radiate that energy. It then becomes a meteor and forms a fireball, also known as a shooting/falling star; astronomers call the brightest examples bolides. Meteorites that survive atmospheric entry and impact vary greatly in size. For geologists, a bolide is a meteorite large enough to create a crater. The Tamdakht H5 Chondrite meteorite was observed as a fireball on December 20, 2008 traveling West to East with people in the High Atlas Mountains hearing a sound and feeling the ground shake. It took a few weeks to find the first pieces of the meteorite due to the mountainous region and snow. Track Page Views With. Auctiva’s FREE Counter. The item “2016 Tamdakht Meteorite Strike $2 1/2oz Silver Coin Cook Islands” is in sale since Tuesday, September 05, 2017. This item is in the category “Coins & Paper Money\Coins\ World\Australia & Oceania\South Pacific”. The seller is “luispapi1983″ and is located in Absecon, New Jersey. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Year: 2016
• Circulated/Uncirculated: Uncirculated
• Composition: Silver
• Country/Region of Manufacture: Cook Islands