[meteorite-list] AD- Sikhote-Alin Commemorative Coin

From: Michael Farmer <meteoriteguy_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 14:08:04 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <962925.7616.qm_at_web33115.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Nice coin, looks familiar.
Mike Farmer
--- Rob Wesel <rob at nakhladogmeteorites.com> wrote:

> Hello all-
>
> For the past few months I have been working on a new
> coin to commemorate the
> 60 year anniversary of the Sikhote-Alin Fall.
>
> The front of the coin bears the face of E.L. Krinov,
> uncontested as the
> scientist who brought this meteorite to the
> forefront and studied it beyond
> compare. In the background is his diagram of the
> main mass breakup and fall
> pattern.
>
> The reverse shows the now famous painting by the
> artist named Medvedev,
> created from memory only moments after the fall. I
> would hazard a guess that
> anyone who has a Sikhote meteorite in their
> collection has an archived copy
> of this painting somewhere. Inset on the reverse is
> a piece of Sikhote
> meteorite.
>
> The coin set was limited to a run of only 300 so
> there are not many to go
> around.
>
> Coin numbers 1-20, 100, 200, and 300 are reserved
> for a later time.
>
> Any other lucky numbers are available and I will try
> to meet requests. I
> would ask that you order a coin with a request,
> knowing that I will do my
> best but if it is gone you'll get a random draw.
>
> Orders of blocks of coins can get consecutive
> numbers.
>
> Coin number 60 is an important number in this set
> and I reserve that one for
> the buyer to acquire the 60th coin, something of a
> lottery prize
>
> Through the weekend I am offering a discount from
> web pricing and coins will
> be $30 each.
>
> U.S. Shipping $2 for one to two coins $4 for more up
> to 2 pounds.
>
> Foreign shipping $5 for one to two coins, $11 for
> more up to 4 pounds.
>
> I will be setting the meteorite pieces in the coins
> to order, if you wish to
> have no meteorite set in the coin, so as you may use
> your own, just let me
> know.
>
> Sikhote-Alin is one of the mainstay pieces in every
> collection. Large or
> small, having one of these coins sitting next to you
> collection piece will
> add eye appeal and a sense of history.
>
> I am pleased with the way these turned out, I hope
> you are too.
>
> Thanks for looking,
>
>
http://www.nakhladogmeteorites.com/catalog/sacoin.htm
>
> P.S. for the collectors of rare and weird, I have
> one flawed and two
> prototype coins available at $50 each. The flawed is
> a #1 and has been
> remade, the corrected #1 resides with me. The two
> prototypes are one that is
> chromed and a #300 with a different numbering
> schematic later corrected to a
> #300 consistent with the rest of the set.
>
>
> Rob Wesel
> http://www.nakhladogmeteorites.com
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Received on Fri 29 Jun 2007 05:08:04 PM PDT