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2009 Cook Islands 40th Anniversary Moon Landing. 925 Silver Coin withMeteorite
2009 Cook Islands 40th Anniversary Moon Landing. 925 Silver Coin withMeteoriteThe Cook Islands celebrated the 40th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing by issuing a special commemorative coin in 2009, which contains 25 grams (more than 1/2 ounce) of. Unlike many of the Commemorative Apollo coins, this one has the Moon’s cratered surface pressed into both the obverse and the reverse. In addition, a genuine piece of the rare Lunar Meteorite NWA 4881 is embedded in the coin’s reverse. This was one of the hardest coins for me to find when I was collecting. I finally found one, but