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2008 Silver Cook Islands 1868 Meteorite Fall Pultusk $5 Coin Ngc Proof 69 Uc

2008 Silver Cook Islands 1868 Meteorite Fall Pultusk $5 Coin Ngc Proof 69 UcCERTIFIED BY NGC PROOF 69 ULTRA CAMEO. ONLY 2,500 MINTED. OBV: BUST OF ELIZABETH II RIGHT WEARING TIARA; DENOMINATION BENEATH. REV: 3 METEORITES FALLING TO EARTH LOWER RIGHT, WITH LARGEST ONE CENTER HAVING A SQUARE CONTAINING AN ORIGINAL PIECE FROM THE ACTUAL METEORITE; PARTIAL VIEW OF EARTH IN BACKGROUND WITH EUROPE SHOWING; LEGEND UPPER LEFT EDGE, METEORITE FALL 1868; SMALL DATE AT BOTTOM. THE HISTORIC PUTULSK METEORITE SHOWER WAS THE LARGEST, WITH THE LARGEST NUMBER OF PIECES, ON RECORD. AN ESTIMATED BETWEEN 68,000 AND 100,000 SMALL STONES,