Apollo 11 flown medallion die

Discussion in 'US Coins Forum' started by Skyman, Feb 18, 2016.

  1. Skyman

    Skyman Well-Known Member

    It turns out that there was a die flown to the Moon on Apollo 11. When the mission returned to the Earth the die was used to strike 1,000 stainless steel medallions to be given to people who had been of particular importance to the program.

    (These medallions should NOT be confused with the MUCH more common "Flight Awareness" medallions. The FA medallions were made by mixing some flown metal (I believe a small ingot, but I am not 100% sure) with a MUCH larger amount of unflown metal. These FA medallions could then claim to contain flown metal from the mission.)

    In my opinion the design of the flown die is rather plebeian. The obverse is a modified version of the Apollo Program design, and the reverse states that the die for the medallion was carried to the Moon on Apollo 11 and has facsimiles of the crew's signatures.

    I wonder where the die is now. My best guess is it's either in the Smithsonian or lost.

    Here is a link to an article that shows pictures of the medallion, as well as a letter from Max Faget (a high NASA official) explaining about the commemorative medallion and die.

    http://www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum12/HTML/000213.html
     
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  4. Kirkuleez

    Kirkuleez 80 proof

    I have a small medal that was made of silver flown aboard one of the Apallo missions. I believe it was made by the Franklin mint.
     
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