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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheNickelGuy, post: 8322253, member: 20201&quot;]<b>1971 Apollo 14</b></p><p><b>Mini Moon Medal</b></p><p><b>Franklin Mint</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1474405[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1474406[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>I had one of these years ago and sold it and had my regrets. I think I probably got about $15 for it back then which was a pretty good price at the time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, I picked up this one for a few bucks less this time around. I think I have a couple now.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1474403[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Reading the certificate carefully will tell you that this medal itself never went to the moon and back.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1474404[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Just some of the metal, 10,000 grains or about 20.83 troy oz that did actually fly, was mixed in with the silver it contains and these were minted with that mix afterwards. That amount could be miniscule depending on just how many medals were made from the melting pot. I am ball park guessing that these might weigh a gram each.</p><p><br /></p><p>By my calculations from the mintage of 129,449 there was about 4000 oz of silver used. So only 1 part in 200 was the amount of silver you actually have that went to the moon these actually contain would probably weigh .077 grains.</p><p><br /></p><p>That is a very small amount. My point being, be careful in your thinking when buying if you want one.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some people will advertise them as such.</p><p>If you think that this actual coin flew to the moon aboard Apollo 14, you too, were taken for a ride.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1474402[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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