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<p>[QUOTE="ddddd, post: 4857889, member: 22377"]Coin #6 in the series - THE FIRST COSMONAUT</p><p><br /></p><p>Date of release: 03.29.2011</p><p>Quality: Proof</p><p>Mintage: 5,000</p><p>Notes: There are several changes this year. First the mintage increased by 1,000 compared to the prior years. Also the rings were switched up. The inner disc is made of silver while the outer ring is tantalum. This led to more tantalum being used and less silver.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: No major changes compared to the 2006 coin</p><p>Reverse: Yuri Gagarin is featured with the spacecraft Vostok in the background.</p><p><br /></p><p>Quick Fact: 2011 was the 50th anniversary of Gagarin being the first person to journey into outer space and orbit the Earth.</p><p>~~~</p><p><br /></p><p>My example is pictured below. It has the reverse facing forward.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1172950[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1172951[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>More info on Gagarin:</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Gagarin" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Gagarin" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Gagarin</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This website has some more detail on the coin:</p><p><a href="https://www.topworldcoins.com/collections/country/asia/kazakhstan/space-series-kazakhstan/kazakhstan-2011-500-tenge-first-cosmonaut-space-proof-tantalum-silver-coin" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.topworldcoins.com/collections/country/asia/kazakhstan/space-series-kazakhstan/kazakhstan-2011-500-tenge-first-cosmonaut-space-proof-tantalum-silver-coin" rel="nofollow">https://www.topworldcoins.com/collections/country/asia/kazakhstan/space-series-kazakhstan/kazakhstan-2011-500-tenge-first-cosmonaut-space-proof-tantalum-silver-coin</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ddddd, post: 4857889, member: 22377"]Coin #6 in the series - THE FIRST COSMONAUT Date of release: 03.29.2011 Quality: Proof Mintage: 5,000 Notes: There are several changes this year. First the mintage increased by 1,000 compared to the prior years. Also the rings were switched up. The inner disc is made of silver while the outer ring is tantalum. This led to more tantalum being used and less silver. Obverse: No major changes compared to the 2006 coin Reverse: Yuri Gagarin is featured with the spacecraft Vostok in the background. Quick Fact: 2011 was the 50th anniversary of Gagarin being the first person to journey into outer space and orbit the Earth. ~~~ My example is pictured below. It has the reverse facing forward. [ATTACH=full]1172950[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1172951[/ATTACH] More info on Gagarin: [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Gagarin[/URL] This website has some more detail on the coin: [URL]https://www.topworldcoins.com/collections/country/asia/kazakhstan/space-series-kazakhstan/kazakhstan-2011-500-tenge-first-cosmonaut-space-proof-tantalum-silver-coin[/URL][/QUOTE]
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