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25 Dollars - Elizabeth II Pultusk Meteorite

Issuer Cook Islands
Year 2008
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Reference(s) KM#1423
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Obverse script Latin
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Edge Reeded
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The Pułtusk meteorite fell over northeastern Poland on January 30, 1868, producing one of the largest recorded meteorite showers in European history — estimates range from several thousand to over 100,000 individual stones scattered across a wide strewnfield. Cook Islands authorized a series of meteorite-inclusion bullion coins in the mid-2000s, embedding certified fragments directly into the reverse field. The Pułtusk material is an H5 ordinary chondrite, and the specific fragment set into each coin was sourced from authenticated museum-grade stock.

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