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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Skyman, post: 3301277, member: 28299&quot;]Yes, I do collect space memorabilia.</p><p><br /></p><p>With regards to the Grissom dimes, he took two rolls of Roosevelts with him (e.g. 100 dimes in total) on his (suborbital) Mercury flight, Liberty Bell 7, in 1961.&nbsp; He gave those dimes to various people who helped with his flight.&nbsp; All of the Roosevelt dimes from that flight that I have seen are 1961-Ds.&nbsp; Grissom carried the dimes with him in a pocket on his spacesuit.&nbsp; The capsule sank in the ocean, and Grissom almost drowned.</p><p><br /></p><p>On his next flight, GT-3 in 1965, (G stands for Gemini and T stands for Titan, which was the booster rocket) he figured that he didn&#039;t want nearly as much weight in his suit, so he only carried 1 dime with him.&nbsp; He gave that dime to Guenter Wendt, the &quot;Pad Leader&quot;, the guy whose team helped make sure all the systems were go in the Gemini capsule before launch, and then strapped Grissom into the capsule.</p><p><br /></p><p>I own one (of the 100) Liberty Bell 7 Grissom dimes.&nbsp; Here it is:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]874618[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]874619[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m also lucky enough to own the ONLY Grissom Gemini flown dime, so I&#039;m the only person in the world who has a &quot;complete set&quot; of Grissom space flown dimes.&nbsp; You&#039;ll note that he scratched GT-3 into the obverse with his knife.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]874620[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]874621[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>So yes, as a matter of fact, I have seen these dimes go up for auction... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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