Silver Twenty Grams 2011 Muonionalusta Meteorite, Coin from Cook Islands - detailed information

Silver Twenty Grams 2011 Muonionalusta Meteorite, Coin from Cook Islands
CoinSilver Twenty Grams 2011 Muonionalusta Meteorite

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.

Collector coins are dedicated to historical or general popular culture themes not related to the country itself. Many of them are in bullion sizes based on the troy ounce, but some are "metric", like twenty grams (20g) of silver.

This coin featuring the Muonionalusta Meteorite 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 Muonionalusta meteorite is classified as fine octahedrite, type IVA (Of) which impacted in northern Scandinavia, west of the border between Sweden and Finland, about one million years BCE.

The first fragment of the Muonionalusta meteorite was found in 1906 near the village of Kitkiöjärvi. Around forty pieces are known today, some being quite large. Other fragments have been found in a 25-by-15-kilometre area in the Pajala district of Norrbotten County, approximately 140 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle.

The meteorite was first described in 1910 by Professor A. G. Högbom, who named it after the nearby place Muonionalusta on the Muonio River. The Muonionalusta meteorite, probably the oldest known meteorite (4.5653 ± 0.0001 billion years), marks the first occurrence of stishovite in an iron meteorite.

MintCIT Coin Invest Mint MarkNo mint mark Total Mintage 2,500
Obverse
Cook Islands / Silver Twenty Grams 2011 Muonionalusta Meteorite - obverse photo

The obverse of the coin shows the crowned mature head of Queen Elizabeth II facing right (her effigy known as the "Fourth Portrait"). The Queen wears the "Girls of Great Britain and Ireland" diamond tiara, a wedding gift from Queen Mary (Her Majesty's grandmother) in 1947 - which she also has on the Machin and the Gottwald portraits.

In small letters below the head, the artist's initials IRB (for Ian Rank-Broadley).

Around the effigy is the monarch's legend and the face value: ELIZABETH II COOK ISLANDS 5 DOLLARS.

Obverse Inscription ELIZABETH II COOK ISLANDS 5 DOLLARS
Reverse
Cook Islands / Silver Twenty Grams 2011 Muonionalusta Meteorite - reverse photo

The reverse is coloured and depicts a night-time view of a snow landscape centred around a small lake, with a rowing boat in the foreground and a fish leaping out of the water, and a burning meteor falling from the sky. A piece of the actual meteorite has been embedded into the surface of the coin.

Around above, the inscription MUONIONALUSTA IRON METEORITE. Around below, the date of issue 2011.

Reverse Inscription MUONIONALUSTA IRON METEORITE
EdgeMilledEdge InscriptionNone
Notes

Finish: proof, coloured, meteorite insert.
CIT Item ID: 25482.

See also

Coins in the Meteorite Impacts collection include:
- 2 oz Silver, Meteorite NWA 267, Liberia 2004
- 25 g Silver, Nantan Meteorite, Palau 2006
- 25 g Silver, Brenham Pallasite Meteorite, Cook Islands 2007
- 1/4 oz Gold, Pultusk Meteorite, Cook Islands 2008
- 25 g Silver, Pultusk Meteorite, Cook Islands 2008
- 25 g Silver, Observation of Mars, Cook Islands 2009
- 25 g Silver, Meteorite HAH 280, Cook Islands 2010
- 20 g Silver, Muonionalusta Meteorite, Cook Islands 2011
- 20 g Silver, Seymchan Meteorite, Cook Islands 2012
- 20 g Silver, Chelyabinsk Meteorite, Cook Islands 2013
- 1 oz Silver, Moldavite Impact, Cook Islands 2014
- 1 oz Silver, Chondrite Impact - Meteorite NWA 4037, Cook Islands 2015
- 1/2 oz Silver, Tamdakht Meteorite, Cook Islands 2016
- 1/2 oz Silver, Chergach Meteorite, Cook Islands 2017
- 1/2 oz Silver, Erfoud Meteorite NWA 6827, Cook Islands 2018
- 1/2 oz Silver, Estacado Meteorite, Cook Islands 2019
- 1 oz Silver, Viñales Meteorite, Cook Islands 2020
- 1 oz Silver, La Ciénega Meteorite, Cook Islands 2021
- 1 oz Silver, Aba Panu Meteorite, Cook Islands 2022
- 1 oz Silver, Tenham Meteorite, Cook Islands 2023

All (24) coins of type: Silver Twenty Grams (20 g)
Coin NameMintageEffigyLegend
Fifty Dollars Silver 1991 Alpine Ibex 25,000 Queen Elizabeth II - Third Portrait ELIZABETH II COOK ISLANDS 1991
Fifty Dollars Silver 1991 Deer 25,000 Queen Elizabeth II - Third Portrait ELIZABETH II COOK ISLANDS 1991
Fifty Dollars Silver 1991 Dolphin 25,000 Queen Elizabeth II - Third Portrait ELIZABETH II COOK ISLANDS 1991
Fifty Dollars Silver 1991 Eagle Owl 25,000 Queen Elizabeth II - Third Portrait ELIZABETH II COOK ISLANDS 1991
Fifty Dollars Silver 1991 Eastern Cougar 25,000 Queen Elizabeth II - Third Portrait ELIZABETH II COOK ISLANDS 1991
Fifty Dollars Silver 1991 European Otter 25,000 Queen Elizabeth II - Third Portrait ELIZABETH II COOK ISLANDS 1991
Fifty Dollars Silver 1991 Hummingbird 25,000 Queen Elizabeth II - Third Portrait ELIZABETH II COOK ISLANDS 1991
Fifty Dollars Silver 1991 Jackass Penguin 25,000 Queen Elizabeth II - Third Portrait ELIZABETH II COOK ISLANDS 1991
Fifty Dollars Silver 1991 Kangaroo 25,000 Queen Elizabeth II - Third Portrait ELIZABETH II COOK ISLANDS 1991
Fifty Dollars Silver 1991 Lion 25,000 Queen Elizabeth II - Third Portrait ELIZABETH II COOK ISLANDS 1991
Fifty Dollars Silver 1991 Peregrine Falcon 25,000 Queen Elizabeth II - Third Portrait ELIZABETH II COOK ISLANDS 1991
Fifty Dollars Silver 1991 Persian Fallow Deer 25,000 Queen Elizabeth II - Third Portrait ELIZABETH II COOK ISLANDS 1991
Silver Twenty Grams 2011 Muonionalusta Meteorite 2,500 Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait ELIZABETH II COOK ISLANDS 5 DOLLARS
Silver Twenty Grams 2012 Seymchan Meteorite 2,500 Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait ELIZABETH II COOK ISLANDS 5 DOLLARS
Silver Twenty Grams 2013 Chelyabinsk Meteorite 2,500 Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait ELIZABETH II COOK ISLANDS 5 DOLLARS
Silver Twenty Grams 2013 Eternal Love 2,500 Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait ~ ELIZABETH II COOK ISLANDS ~ ONE DOLLAR 2013
Silver Twenty Grams 2013 Yours Always 10,000 Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait ~ ELIZABETH II COOK ISLANDS ~ ONE DOLLAR 2013
Silver Twenty Grams 2014 Happy Valentine's Day 2,014 Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait ELIZABETH II COOK ISLANDS 5 DOLLARS
Silver Twenty Grams 2017 Happy Valentine's Day 2,017 Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait ELIZABETH II COOK ISLANDS 5 DOLLARS
Silver Twenty Grams 2019 Happy Valentine's Day 2,019 Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait ELIZABETH II COOK ISLANDS 5 DOLLARS
Silver Twenty Grams 2021 Happy Valentine's Day 2,021 Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait ELIZABETH II COOK ISLANDS 5 DOLLARS
Silver Twenty Grams 2022 Brilliant Love 2,022 Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait ELIZABETH II COOK ISLANDS 5 DOLLARS
Silver Twenty Grams 2023 Brilliant Love 2,023 Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait ELIZABETH II COOK ISLANDS 5 DOLLARS
Silver Twenty Grams 2024 Brilliant Love 2,024 King Charles III - Portrait by Dan Thorne 5 DOLLARS · CHARLES III · COOK ISLANDS
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Silver Twenty Grams 2011 Muonionalusta Meteorite: Details
CountryCook Islands
CurrencyCook Islands Dollar
Coin TypeSilver Twenty Grams (20 g)
Issued2011
MonarchQueen Elizabeth II
EffigyQueen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait, by Ian Rank-Broadley
Face Value5 (x Dollar)
Total Mintage2,500
CurrentYes
Material0.925 Silver
TechnologyMilled (machine-made)
ShapeRound
OrientationMedal Alignment (Axis 0)
Size38.6100 mm
Mass20.0000 g
OCC IDNXYD-ENZC-GVVN-EVRB
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