2015 $1 Niue METEORITE CAMPO DEL CIELO 1576 Meteor Crater 1 Oz Silver Coin.

DESCRIPTION

The first record of the Campo was in 1576. A Spanish governor learned of the iron from the Indians who reportedly believed that it had fallen from heaven. The governor sent an expedition under the command of one Captain de Miraval who brought back a few pieces of a huge iron mass he called Meson de Fierro (large table of iron).

The location of the find was the Campo del Cielo (field of the sky or heaven), a fitting name for the location of a meteorite. Since the Indians believed that the irons fell from heaven the name may have come from the meteorites.

The area is an open brush-covered plain that has little water and no other rocks--very good country in which to locate meteorites. 

SPECIFICATIONS

Country: Niue 

Year: 2015 

Face value: $1 

Metal: Silver 

Purity: .999 

Weight: 1 Oz - 31.1g 

Diameter: 38.61 mm 

Finish: ANTIQUE FINISH AND 24Kt Rose Gold Gilded

Mintage: 576 Pcs Worldwide 

Certificate COA: Yes 

Box: Yes.