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Cook Islands 2009 Fly Me to the Moon! 40th & 50th Anniversaries 25g Silver Coin
Cook Islands 2009 Fly Me to the Moon! 40th & 50th Anniversaries 25g Silver CoinCook Islands 2009 Fly Me to the Moon! 40th & 50th Anniversaries 25g Silver Coin. By launching the space probe Luna 3 on October 4, 1959 the Soviet Union initiated a new step for the footrace to the moon. With a small camera the space probe succeeded to take first photos of the earths averted side of the moon which no human being has ever seen before – dark side of the moon. The pictures were of poor quality; however the highlands and lowlands were clearly
Cook Islands 2009 Moon Lunar Meteorite 40th & 50th Anniversary $5 Silver Coin
Cook Islands 2009 Moon Lunar Meteorite 40th & 50th Anniversary $5 Silver CoinIssuing Country: The Cook Islands. Face Value: 5 Dollars. Size: 38.61 mm. Mintage: 1,969 pcs. More Information: With original piece of lunar meteorite (NWA 4881). This is a very rare, unique and beautiful silver coin that is inlaid with a piece of genuine Lunar Meteorite NWA 4881. Only 1,969 of these coins were minted by The Cook Islands to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Luna-3 Space probe by USSR in 1959 and the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Spacecraft by USA in 1969. This silver coin
Cook Islands 2009 Fly Me to the Moon! 40th & 50th Anniversaries 25g Silver Coin
Cook Islands 2009 Fly Me to the Moon! 40th & 50th Anniversaries 25g Silver CoinCook Islands 2009 Fly Me to the Moon! 40th & 50th Anniversaries 25g Silver Coin. By launching the space probe Luna 3 on October 4, 1959 the Soviet Union initiated a new step for the footrace to the moon. With a small camera the space probe succeeded to take first photos of the earths averted side of the moon which no human being has ever seen before – dark side of the moon. The pictures were of poor quality; however the highlands and lowlands were clearly
