In 2021, Poland issued a commemorative coin on the theme of “impact moments: meteorite”, it depicts a live triceratops beholding an meteror streaking through the air on the obverse, and on the reverse it depicts a triceratops skeleton lying on the ground, implying the moments after the chixalube impact 65 million years ago.
But what makes the coin even more unique is on the top edge of each coil is deep notch and inside the notch is a actual piece of the Muonionalusta meteorite, grounded and polished to be flush with coin surface. Muonionalusta meteorite is believed to actually be the oldest meteorite material yet recovered on earth.
But what makes the coin even more unique is on the top edge of each coil is deep notch and inside the notch is a actual piece of the Muonionalusta meteorite, grounded and polished to be flush with coin surface. Muonionalusta meteorite is believed to actually be the oldest meteorite material yet recovered on earth.