Silver Ounce 2015 Meteorite NWA 4037, Coin from Cook Islands - detailed information

The Cook Islands, a sovereign state in free association with New Zealand, uses two official legal tender currencies. The New Zealand Dollar circulates in parallel with the local Cook Islands Dollar; at the same time, the government also authorises many legal tender coins in the Cook Islands Dollar currency for collector's purposes. Many of them are in standard bullion sizes, including one ounce of silver - such as this coin.

This coin featuring chondrite (stony) Meteorite NWA 4037 is part of the Meteorite Impacts collection which is issued in a number of different countries; all coins in it have an embedded original piece of the specific meteorite.

The Mint says about it:
NWA 4037 identifies several meteorites which were found in 2005 in Northwest Africa, more precisely in Morocco. The number in the description is given chronologically and is noted behind the abbreviation of the place they were found. The findings in Morocco stem from multiple falls. The meteorite shattered into several parts through the force created when entering the earth’s atmosphere. This process commonly occurs with stone meteorites such as the NWA 4037.