Impressive Silver Chergach Meteorite coin

This .999 silver coin is uniquely shaped to represent the Chergach Meteor strike which occurred in July of 2007. A large smoke cloud accompanied by loud blasts signaled the arrival of the meteorites to nomads travelling in the desert in the Timbuktu region of Mali in West Africa. Approximately 100 kilograms of these cosmic fragments were found in an area - or “fall site” - which was about 20 kilometers in length. In 2008, the Meteoritical Bulletin described ...