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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 93307, member: 57463&quot;]<b>Lincoln Mint Space Coin</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Here are images of one of my two space coins. </p><p>Mintage 200,000.&nbsp; Struck by the Lincoln Mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>diameter:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 22 mm</p><p>weight:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 10.8 grams</p><p>(A bit dense, eh? The diameter of a quarter and almost as a heavy as a half.</p><p>And, yes, I, too, am bothered by the &quot;weight&quot; in &quot;grams.&quot;)</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv: &quot;THE EAGLE HAS LANDED / JULY 20, 1969.&quot; Astronaut on Moon facing U.S. flag.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rev: &quot;This medallion contains metal from spacecrafts Columbia and Eagle, that took Astronauts Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins on their historic Apollo 11 mission that resulted in the first landing of man on the Moon.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>The commemorative contains metal from a stainless steel heatshield bolt from the command module, Columbia.&nbsp; It also has metal from a rock box clip from the excursion module, Eagle.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>NASA presented these to employees and contractors.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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