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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ddddd, post: 4857908, member: 22377&quot;]Coin #7 in the series - MIR SPACE STATION</p><p><br /></p><p>Date of release: 04.28.2012</p><p>Quality: Proof</p><p>Mintage: 5,000</p><p>Notes: This year returned back to the style of the 2006-2010 coins. 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: The space station Mir is orbiting above Earth and the space shuttle Atlantis is docking. The Mir insignia is featured on the outer ring. </p><p><br /></p><p>Quick Fact: Mir was the first continuously inhabited long-term research station in orbit and held the record for the longest continuous human presence in space at 3,644 days, until it was surpassed by the ISS (more on that later). </p><p>~~~</p><p><br /></p><p>My example is pictured below. It has the reverse facing forward.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1172953[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1172954[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>More info on Mir:</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir</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-2012-500-tenge-space-station-mir-space-proof-silver-coin" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.topworldcoins.com/collections/country/asia/kazakhstan/space-series-kazakhstan/kazakhstan-2012-500-tenge-space-station-mir-space-proof-silver-coin" rel="nofollow">https://www.topworldcoins.com/collections/country/asia/kazakhstan/space-series-kazakhstan/kazakhstan-2012-500-tenge-space-station-mir-space-proof-silver-coin</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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