2018 Cook Islands $20 VESTA METEORITE 3 Oz Silver Coin

The Largest Asteroid VESTA METEORITE

Features:

- Comes with Inner and Outer Box, COA and Capsule

- Detailed Glass insert of Meteorite image

- Unique Lense shaped coin gives 3d Meteorite effect

Mintage only 333 total pieces.  111 from 3 different pieces (refer to COA pic above), we have the "HOWARDITE" and "DIOGENITE", if you prefer one or the other please specify at time of purchase.

DESCRIPTION

VESTA minor planet designation 4 Vesta, is one of the largest objects in the asteroid belt, with a mean diameter of 525 kilometres (326 mi).It was discovered by the German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers on 29 March 1807 and is named after Vesta, the virgin goddess of home and hearth from Roman mythology.VESTA is the second most massive and second largest body in the asteroid belt after the dwarf planet Ceres, and it contributes an estimated 9% of the mass of the asteroid belt.It is slightly larger than Pallas, though significantly more massive.Vesta is the last remaining rocky protoplanet (with a differentiated interior) of the kind that formed the terrestrial planets.