Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 25383937, member: 4626&quot;]Collecting by subject can be an interesting thing to do, but you have to find the balance between something common enough that there&#039;s something to collect, but rare enough that it actually takes enough effort to make it interesting.&nbsp; Quite some time ago I decided to collect any currency I could find depicting dragons, even if it was fantasy/novelty notes.</p><p><br /></p><p>About the time I became aware of the 2019 US commemoratives for the Apollo 11 mission, I decided to try to find anything featuring space, especially on US coins.&nbsp; Oddly this wasn&#039;t a subject they bothered honoring as often as you&#039;d think, but they&#039;re out there.</p><p><br /></p><p>So far in my US space collection:</p><p>Eisenhower/SBA dollars (Apollo 11 mission patch on reverse; also really love the bicentennial design on the Eisenhower dollar with the Liberty Bell over the moon)</p><p>2019 Apollo 11 half dollar and silver dollar</p><p>2021 Christine McAuliffe silver dollar</p><p>2022 Sally Ride quarter (whole roll of 2022-D)</p><p><br /></p><p>Recently got an album for SBA dollars, all 12 non-proof issues fit on the first page, so what am I supposed to do with the second page?&nbsp; Decided any space-themed small dollars can go there, and have 4 so far:</p><p>2019-D Native American dollar, honoring Mary Golda Ross and American Indians in the space program</p><p>2019-D Innovation dollar, for Delaware, for Annie Jump Cannon&#039;s classification of the stars</p><p>2020-D Innovation dollar, for Maryland, for the Hubble space telescope</p><p>2024-D Innovation dollar, for Alabama, for the Saturn V rocket</p><p><br /></p><p>And next year Texas and Florida will both have space-themed innovation dollars.&nbsp; Hoping some other states in the future have some too; guess we&#039;ll see.</p><p><br /></p><p>Honorable mention, since it&#039;s not a US coin, but does honor the US space program; have the 1989 Marshall Islands $5 coin marking the 20th anniversary of the moon landing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in