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ON MOON ROCKS, METEORITES AND NUMISMATICSI received an email this week from literature dealer John Burns. In reply to last week's E-Sylum issue, he responded "Yes". Uh, OK ... yes, what?? If this were Jeopardy, the question would have to be, "Are you a pain in the @ss, or what?" It turns out he was referring to the question "Has there ever been a coin, token or medal made from ore from a meteorite? " Somewhat more helpfully Larry Korchnak writes: I know of medals that contain a piece of a meteorite in their center. I went to eBay and bought one. So, they are still available. I Googled a bit and discovered that there is a coin from the Cook Islands that has a piece of a meteor in it. Eric Holcomb writes: In regard to the meteorite question, I’m almost certain the answer is yes, and I think I have one, although I can’t locate it right now. It’s a medal commemorating the 1985-1986 apparition of Comet Halley, made from iron-nickel meteoritic material. There are also a few more recent coins or medals with small bits of meteoritic material attached, as I recall. Kavan Ratnatunga writes: You would not want to melt a meteorite to make a coin, but parts of Meteorites have been encased in coins see www.spacecollection.info/meteorite_coins/meteorite_coins.html
In particular see the Perth Mint 2009 Australian NCLT. See
www.sterlingcurrency.com.au/items/2009-5-silver
Thanks! On the topic of Moon rock, Kavan offers the following
-Editor
The moon rocks were encased in an acrylic button. Please see these links:
www.collectspace.com/resources/moonrocks_apollo11.html
I did track down the Goodwill rock in Colombo Museum and provided image.
To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
WAYNE'S NUMISMATIC DIARY: OCTOBER 16, 2011
(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v14n43a10.html)
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