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Does anyone collect medallions and coins from the U. S. space program?

PipestonePetePipestonePete Posts: 1,941 ✭✭✭✭✭
There are Grissoms dimes, numerous multi-signed currencies, and many medallions made of metals from the various space missions.
I Know that this is OT, but I recently obtained some Manned Flight Awareness posters which were issued during the Apollo space program. Does anyone know anything about or collect MFA posters?

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  • DorkGirlDorkGirl Posts: 9,994 ✭✭✭
    I'm pretty sure Skyman does.image
    Becky
  • rgCoinGuyrgCoinGuy Posts: 7,478


    << <i>I'm pretty sure Skyman does.image >>



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    He has had some cool posts with Space memorabilia in the past on here.
    imageQuid pro quo. Yes or no?
  • PipestonePetePipestonePete Posts: 1,941 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks guys.......I'll PM the SkyMan and run this to the top for the evening crowd.
  • bushmaster8bushmaster8 Posts: 5,616
    Those are very cool!

    (manned flight awareness! funny! Like there was a large part of the population that was unaware of NASA and needed to be clued in...)
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  • SUMORADASUMORADA Posts: 4,797
    (manned flight awareness! funny! Like there was a large part of the population that was unaware of NASA and needed to be clued in...)

















    When did they do that............image





















    Very neat item......imageimage
  • PipestonePetePipestonePete Posts: 1,941 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I believe that these posters were sent around to the companies that were producing the Apollo spacecraft parts. They really weren't for public posting....more of a quality assurance reminder for employees.
  • DentuckDentuck Posts: 3,819 ✭✭✭

    Katherine Jaeger's Guide Book of United States Tokens and Medals has a section on space-flown and related medals.

  • SkyManSkyMan Posts: 9,493 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Hey PP,

    Welcome to the space memorabilia gig! Those are fun posters! image I am not a collector of them, so I can't help you with them. However, there are certainly MFA medallions floating around. Oftentimes some metal (be it silver or whatever) would be brought on a flight and then when it was returned to earth it would be melted in with a much larger amount of the same metal. Medals would then be made out of this mix, and people could be said to have space flown medallions from flight X.

    Here are some previous threads which show some of the items that I've collected. Have fun while collecting Space stuff!


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  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,701 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Hey PP,

    Welcome to the space memorabilia gig! Those are fun posters! image I am not a collector of them, so I can't help you with them. However, there are certainly MFA medallions floating around. Oftentimes some metal (be it silver or whatever) would be brought on a flight and then when it was returned to earth it would be melted in with a much larger amount of the same metal. Medals would then be made out of this mix, and people could be said to have space flown medallions from flight X.

    Here are some previous threads which show some of the items that I've collected. Have fun while collecting Space stuff!


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    link2


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    Way cool stuff. image

    I can't believe that I missed every one of these threads; the first
    one especially. The subject is clearly evident from the title. I bet
    I don't miss the next one. image

    I collect space stuff but mine is much more mundane. They are
    mostly mass produced medals and tokens associated with the
    space program. It makes a fun collection and there are some very
    inspired designs that appear in this category.

    Tempus fugit.

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