Muonionalusta Meteorite Coin
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First Coin Fully Made of Meteorite
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Very Low Mintage of Only 693 pcs
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Individual Structure on Each Coin
The Muonionalusta is an iron meteorite which impacted in nothern Scandinavia, west of the border between Sweden and Finalnd, about one million years BCE.
The first fragment was found in 1906. Around forty pieces are known today, some being quite large.
Other fragments have been found in a 25-by-15-kilometre (15.5 mi x 9.3 mi) area in approximately 140 kilometers (87 mi) north of the Arctic Circle.
The first fragment was found in 1906. Around forty pieces are known today, some being quite large.
Other fragments have been found in a 25-by-15-kilometre (15.5 mi x 9.3 mi) area in approximately 140 kilometers (87 mi) north of the Arctic Circle.
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