All this talk about the new Mint Apollo Silver made me remember I had...

BlindedByEgo

I picked these up long ago, when silver was cheap. Digging around in a couple of boxes, I came across them. Anybody ever seen these before?

Kudbegud

Did you get these new or later? Remember who issued them? Nice medals.

BackroadJunkie

Here's a couple found in my parent's SDB...

ricko

Nice medals... and commemorating a truly marvelous engineering program. Cheers, RickO

BlindedByEgo

@Kudbegud said:
Did you get these new or later? Remember who issued them? Nice medals.

Later. I have no idea who made them - I bought them at melt in a large lot of miscellaneous silver from my local dealer/ friend.

koynekwest

Here's one I've had since 2009. The Apollo side is the hemisphere we're familiar with while the Luna III side is the "dark" side of the moon. It also has a tiny piece of the moon imbedded in the coin.

BlindedByEgo

Very cool piece - I would think that the new mint offering may spur some additional interest in all things Apollo.

@koynekwest said:
Here's one I've had since 2009. The Apollo side is the hemisphere we're familiar with while the Luna III side is the "dark" side of the moon. It also has a tiny piece of the moon imbedded in the coin.

OPA

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koynekwest

@BlindedByEgo said:
Very cool piece - I would think that the new mint offering may spur some additional interest in all things Apollo.

@koynekwest said:
Here's one I've had since 2009. The Apollo side is the hemisphere we're familiar with while the Luna III side is the "dark" side of the moon. It also has a tiny piece of the moon imbedded in the coin.

It already carries a pretty good premium over issue but a little more would be nice!

BuffaloIronTail

First time I seen the coins. I like the Apollo 15 coin because it has (although at the wrong angle) the U.S.S. Enterprise logo.

Well, close enough to the original for my sake.

Pete

BillDugan1959

Yeah, somebody also forgot these items in late 1979 and early 1980....

BlindedByEgo

@BillDugan1959 said:
Yeah, somebody also forgot these items in late 1979 and early 1980....

Not sure what you mean, but there was a lot going on those years...

I like the two I posted 'cause they're big pucks (8 ounces each IIRC), and I've never seen any of the other 249 .