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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;NetJohn, post: 678080, member: 16715&quot;]You got it.</p><p><br /></p><p>This note was one that astronaut Gus Grissom hid on his Mercury mission on Liberty Bell 7 for his space flight.&nbsp; His plan was to take some money (including this star note and many Mercury dimes) and then sell them once he returned as money that had been in space.&nbsp; His plan was to do this without NASA knowing.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately for him, upon splashdown, the explosive bolts on his capsule door blew, causing water to rush inside.&nbsp; He managed to escape, but his capsule sank along with his hidden cache, 21 July 1961.&nbsp; (see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Bell_7" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Bell_7" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Bell_7</a> for more info)</p><p><br /></p><p>It was recovered in 1999 and restored at the Kansas Cosmosphere in Hutchinson, KS, where it now lives after a short tour.</p><p><br /></p><p>This note as well as some Mercury dimes were on display.&nbsp; Being the collector, I had to take a photo. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>John[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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