Tunguska Meteorite Observed Fall 100th Anniversary Coin No. 816 - 1908 Russia

On Offer: Commemorative coin of the 100th Anniversary Tunguska meteorite observed fall on June 30, 1908 Limited Edition: Coin No. 816 of 1000 total commemorative coins made. Diameter Size:  51mm Coin Thickness: 4mm Description: This is commemorative coin # 816 of the famous Tunguska meteorite witnessed fall that occurred near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in Krasnoyarsk region, Siberia, Russia, on the morning of June 30, 1908.  One side of the coin shows a portrait of L.A. Kulik, first scientist who made several expeditions to the site and studied the event. The other side shows a modern view of the site. This coin was made in 2008. History:   In the summer of 1957, while studying simples of soil brought by L.A. Kulik's expeditions in the years 1929-1930 from the place of the Tunguska Meteorite (U.S.S.R.) fall, A. A. Yavnel', of the Committee on Meteorites, U.S.S.R.. Academy of Sciences, discovered particles of meteoritic and meteoric dust. The particles of the meteoritic dust