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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Skyman, post: 4586456, member: 28299&quot;]Here are the designs for the Christa McAuliffe $1 Commemorative Coin. I think it&#039;s a real shame that the rest of the astronauts aboard the Challenger aren&#039;t also commemorated somewhere on this coin (maybe put their names on the periphery of the obverse). After all, there were 6 others on the shuttle and they all died too.</p><p><br /></p><p>IMO several of the obverse designs are ghastly. I kind of like the CM-O-04 design for the obverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverses in general are FAR too busy for my tastes, and/or inappropriate. I particularly oppose design CM-R-12 (and 12A), as not a single one of the books shown have anything to do with STEM, which is what McAuliffe flying aboard a shuttle was all about. If I HAD to make a choice, I guess, staying true to the &quot;Teacher in Space&quot; aspect of McAuliffe&#039;s flight, I&#039;d picture CM-R-11A as my choice, as it shows a blackboard, a bunch of books and, &quot;May Your Future Be Limited Only By Your Dreams&quot;. However, as I said, all of the reverses are too busy for my taste.</p><p><br /></p><p>One of the ones that amused me, as someone who has taught, was CM-R-06, a picture of a space helmet and some phrases. I was quickly scanning the thumbnail pictures at first. In the center in script letters it says, &quot;I Teach&quot;. However, at first glance I just looked at the center of the design and the script <i>I</i> sort of looks like steam vapor, and the faceplate of the space helmet looked like a coffee mug, and I thought How Appropriate! I know a lot of teachers that need their morning coffee to face their first class of the day.</p><p><br /></p><p>Needless to say, I won&#039;t be buying the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.usmint.gov/news/ccac-meetings/2021-christa-mcauliffe-commemorative-coin" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.usmint.gov/news/ccac-meetings/2021-christa-mcauliffe-commemorative-coin" rel="nofollow">https://www.usmint.gov/news/ccac-meetings/2021-christa-mcauliffe-commemorative-coin</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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