post your Apollo/ outer space coins

Discussion in 'Coin Chat' started by roll searcher, Sep 7, 2012.

  1. roll searcher

    roll searcher coin hunter

    A friend of mine gave me these cool tokens a few days ago.
    space coins.jpg I love everything to do with rockets/ outer space, so if you have a coin with something to do with the subject, then post it!
     
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  3. Irish2Ice

    Irish2Ice Member

    My Fav Apollo coin. IMAG0575.jpg
     
  4. cpm9ball

    cpm9ball CANNOT RE-MEMBER

    One of the members of another forum, aka Skyman, has a fantastic collection of Mecury, Gemini and Apollo memorabilia. There is a lot of paper money autographed by the mission members, and most of it has gone into space with them.

    Chris
     
  5. coinguy-matthew

    coinguy-matthew Ike Crazy

    I love ike dollars for the very reason you stated above and will also be on the look out for such tokens in the future as i did not know of there existence.


    Neil Armstrong and fellow astronauts had a hard time obtaining life insurance because of the hazards of there jobs, so before the mission they signed a ton of letters and memorabilia and horded it. The plan was in the event of them dying on the mission to the moon there wives would sell it off and thus taking place of a life insurance Policy.

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  6. Mat

    Mat Ancient Coincoholic

    My only coin with "Apollo". After all, it is what they named the ships after.

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    Caracalla (198 - 217 A.D.)
    AR Denarius
    O: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, Laureate head right.
    R: P M TR P XVII COS IIII P P, Apollo seated left, branch in right and resting left elbow on lyre set on tripod.
    Rome
    3.31g
    19.6mm
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  7. robec

    robec Junior Member

    I was fortunate enough to have photographed a few of SkyMan's space memorabilia, but just a small portion of his growing collection.

    Gus Grissom carried a roll of Roosevelt dimes with him when he became our second man in space. This occurred when he flew Mercury-Redstone 4 or Liberty Bell 7 into space for his 15 minute flight July 21, 1961.

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    Gus Grissom became the first man to US Astronaut to fly into space twice when he commanded Gemini 3 into space on March 23, 1965. He made three revolutions around the earth. This time instead of a roll of dimes, he carried just this one.

    In front of Roosevelt's chin you will see where Grissom carved GT3. SkyMan told me what the T stood for, but I can't remember.

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    Finally, a $2.5 Gold Liberty was taken into space by James McDivitt aboard Gemini IV. This was the flight where the first Space walk by an American (Edward White) took place. McDivitt and White circled the earth 66 times in 4 days.

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  8. cpm9ball

    cpm9ball CANNOT RE-MEMBER

    One of my Morgan dollars has an interesting die gouge or dent right in the middle of Liberty's cheek, and I'll be darned if it doesn't look like one of the early space capsules.

    Chris
     

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  9. Cazkaboom

    Cazkaboom One for all, all for me.

    Here's my verdigris....Er Medal I have had for a while.
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  10. ikandiggit

    ikandiggit Currency Error Collector

  11. jloring

    jloring Senior Citizen

    My kids gave me this token set which they purchased during their Florida trip a few years ago:

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  15. Irish2Ice

    Irish2Ice Member

    Really liking that one!
     
  16. Cazkaboom

    Cazkaboom One for all, all for me.

    Your little Giant medal is much nicer than mine! Love the design on it too!
     
  17. lackluster

    lackluster Junior Member

    I have a couple sets of the young astronaut series. Nice gold and silver coins that can still be found occasionally.

    Lack
     
  18. robec

    robec Junior Member

    Here are a couple more pieces from SkyMan's space collection.

    Both have been flown into space.

    The first is a Flightline pin or medal from Gemini 10 flown by Michael Collins and John Young.

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    The second is from Apollo 7, the first manned flight from the Apollo series. The flight lasted 11 days. The astronauts were Walter M. Schirra, Donn F. Eisele, and Walter Cunningham. I'm sure it was also the first time two Wally's were in space at the same time.

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  19. Hiddendragon

    Hiddendragon World coin collector

    You did say coins dealing with space. Here is a Polish 20 zlotych commemorating a Polish cosmonaut. The other is a Soviet Union 1 rouble commemorating their space program.
     

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  20. mrweaseluv

    mrweaseluv Supporter! Supporter

    Well on the Apollo 11 theme i have this, regret i couldn't afford the silver one (this is pewter) I was 12 or 13 at the time :D
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    however on the space theme i also have this (1.4oz sterling)
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  21. roll searcher

    roll searcher coin hunter

    very nice coins and tokens everyone! I especially think that counterstamped Lincoln is cool.
     
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