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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ddddd, post: 4850392, member: 22377&quot;]Coin #2 in the series - FIRST SPACE SATELLITE OF THE EARTH</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Date of release: 05.04.2007</p><p>Quality: Proof</p><p>Mintage: 4,000</p><p>Notes: The inner disc is made of tantalum while the outer ring is silver</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: No major changes compared to the 2006 coin</p><p>Reverse: Sputnik orbiting Earth. </p><p><br /></p><p>Quick Fact: Sputnik was the first artificial Earth satellite, launched by the Soviet Union. 2007 was the 50th anniversary of the launch.</p><p><br /></p><p>~~~</p><p><br /></p><p>My example is pictured below. It has the reverse facing forward.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1171295[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1171296[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>More info on Sputnik:</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_1" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_1</a></p><p><br /></p><p>These websites have some more detail on the coin:</p><p><a href="https://www.powercoin.it/en/asia/679-sputnik-first-space-satellite-silver-tantalum-coin-500-tenge-kazakhstan-2007.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.powercoin.it/en/asia/679-sputnik-first-space-satellite-silver-tantalum-coin-500-tenge-kazakhstan-2007.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.powercoin.it/en/asia/679-sputnik-first-space-satellite-silver-tantalum-coin-500-tenge-kazakhstan-2007.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.topworldcoins.com/kazakhstan-2007-500-tenge-first-space-satellite-of-the-earth-space-proof-tantalum-silver-coin" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.topworldcoins.com/kazakhstan-2007-500-tenge-first-space-satellite-of-the-earth-space-proof-tantalum-silver-coin" rel="nofollow">https://www.topworldcoins.com/kazakhstan-2007-500-tenge-first-space-satellite-of-the-earth-space-proof-tantalum-silver-coin</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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