Nice coin, looks familiar. Mike Farmer --- Rob Wesel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > ------------------ > We are the music makers... > and we are the dreamers of the dreams. > Willy Wonka, 1971 > > > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list