There is no end of material from Projects Mercury and Apollo. Project Gemini was less popular, though medals and medallions of all kinds abound. I acquired my second Space Flown coin. This is a scan of my first. Struck by the Lincoln Mint, the medallions were given to employees at the space center along with a certificate of thanks.
There were commemorative coins issued in the states that became the United Arab Emirates during some of the first Apollo missions, these were mostly in 1970. They actually preceded the Eisenhower dollar issued in 1971 in the USA
In the Aug 1st Coin World, there is a very interesting article on a series of Silver Dollars honoring Nasa in 2008, Each coin would have a different planet and the missions to it. The money would go partly to NASA, and part to fund a permanent home to the Smithsonian Coin Collection. I'm looking forward to them, as I remember the early days of the Space Program, when Astronauts were Super Stars. JonySky.
Last year Germany issued a "space" coin which shows something that will take place some time in the future: the European "Columbus" laboratory, to be part of the ISS. Well, the lab is ready, but the situation that is shown on the coin (Columbus in space and connected to the ISS) won't be reality until 2007 or '08 ... Christian
a very interesting coin I like the looks of this coin. Do you know the specifics, and how to order one? JonySky
Not quite sure which piece you mean; that "Columbus" coin is sold in the US by www.scandmint.com for example: http://templates.earthstores.com/1192/proddetail.asp?id=7363616E646D696E74&prod=384198 (Proof version) http://templates.earthstores.com/1192/proddetail.asp?id=7363616E646D696E74&prod=384199 (BU version) If you mean the medal that Michael posted: Don't know - but it certainly is a nice one (edit) I am not in any way affiliated with scandmint.com; www.eurocollections.com in Canada is fine too, and there are probablyy several others that I don't know about ... Christian
thanks for the link. What a great site, I've never seen it before, and I think I just spent a hundred bucks. Thanks. JonySky
Jules Verne knew ... Here is my other space flown coin, a Franklin Mint issue. This is from 10,000 gr melt. (One grain equals 1/7000 troy pound, so 10,000 grains is about 21 troy ounces, 1.73 troy lbs.) The medalette itself says: THIS MINICOIN IS MADE FROM A SPECIAL MELT CONTAINING SILVER THAT WAS CARRIED TO THE MOON ON THE FLIGHT OF APOLLO 14
