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Space flown 2000-W Sacagawea Dollars in 22 Karat gold are hitting the market

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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,857 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @HalfDime said:
    It appears these are 7 of only 12 coins (with all being these gold Sacagawea coins) ever being flown on any space shuttle mission. Since they no longer fly shuttle missions these will be the only coins ever offered that have flown on a space shuttle mission.

    The coins were 22-karat gold proofs specially struck for NASA's STS-93 mission in 1999 and were taken into space mainly for commemorative purposes.

    Only 12 coins made the flight, after which they were stored at Fort Knox and occasionally exhibited publicly.

    The coins are historically important and not radioactive as a result of their time in space.

    I thought that all 39 made the flight, and that for some reason 27 were melted after Diehl was told that he did not have authorization to strike them, but I may be wrong.

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  • HalfDimeHalfDime Posts: 513 ✭✭✭✭

    The crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia for STS-93, the mission during which twelve gold Sacagawea dollars were sent into space

    In total, 39 such coins were struck, twelve of which were found to be of adequate quality, while the rest were eventually destroyed. Unlike those denominated at five dollars, the one dollar pieces were "struck to commemorate the historic flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia in July 1999", according to Former Mint Director Ed Moy. The twelve surviving gold dollars were sent into space aboard Columbia on mission STS-93 in July 1999. Following the return of the shuttle, the coins were placed in storage at Fort Knox, where they remained until 2007, when they were exhibited at the American Numismatic Association World's Fair of Money in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,857 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @HalfDime said:
    The crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia for STS-93, the mission during which twelve gold Sacagawea dollars were sent into space

    In total, 39 such coins were struck, twelve of which were found to be of adequate quality, while the rest were eventually destroyed. Unlike those denominated at five dollars, the one dollar pieces were "struck to commemorate the historic flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia in July 1999", according to Former Mint Director Ed Moy. The twelve surviving gold dollars were sent into space aboard Columbia on mission STS-93 in July 1999. Following the return of the shuttle, the coins were placed in storage at Fort Knox, where they remained until 2007, when they were exhibited at the American Numismatic Association World's Fair of Money in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

    Excellent. Thanks.

    Now somebody find a picture of the ones denominated at Five Dollars. I saw a picture of one once, somewhere, but I do not have a copy of the picture.

    Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.
  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,857 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Prices just jumped.

    Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.

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