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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ddddd, post: 4850401, member: 22377&quot;]Coin #3 in the series - VOSTOK SPACESHIP</p><p><br /></p><p>Date of release: 10.18.2008</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. This year has an interesting addition - the moon is made of gold (making this a trimetallic coin).</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: No major changes compared to the 2006 coin</p><p>Reverse: The spacecraft Vostok flying over Earth with the moon in the background.</p><p><br /></p><p>Quick Fact: Vostok 1 is known for the first human spaceflight (April 12, 1961) by Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin (more on him later).</p><p>~~~</p><p><br /></p><p>My example is pictured below. It has the reverse facing forward.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1171301[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1171302[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an example of the box and COA for this coin (from a second example that I used to own)</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ebayimg.com%2Fimages%2Fg%2FcLYAAOSwy8JcntCr%2Fs-l1600.jpg&amp;hash=250a5d3b9e538833f8c5216bb64a5746" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ebayimg.com%2Fimages%2Fg%2FzqsAAOSwSv9cntCo%2Fs-l1600.jpg&amp;hash=1a5081ff7f1ce4ab58b01311052bf10f" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>More info on Vostok:</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vostok_(spacecraft)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vostok_(spacecraft)" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vostok_(spacecraft)</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/680-vostok-spaceship-silver-tantalum-coin-500-tenge-kazakhstan-2008.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.powercoin.it/en/asia/680-vostok-spaceship-silver-tantalum-coin-500-tenge-kazakhstan-2008.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.powercoin.it/en/asia/680-vostok-spaceship-silver-tantalum-coin-500-tenge-kazakhstan-2008.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.topworldcoins.com/kazakhstan-2008-500-tenge-spaceship-vostok-space-proof-tantalum-silver-coin" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.topworldcoins.com/kazakhstan-2008-500-tenge-spaceship-vostok-space-proof-tantalum-silver-coin" rel="nofollow">https://www.topworldcoins.com/kazakhstan-2008-500-tenge-spaceship-vostok-space-proof-tantalum-silver-coin</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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