Tag: Space
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2023 OSIRIS-REx medallion
An ongoing space mission Bennu (Asteroid Bennu, from Nature.com) Asteroid Bennu is a small, near-Earth asteroid that passes close to Earth about every six years. Bennu is a carbon-rich asteroid that is about one-third of a mile (half a kilometre) wide at its equator. There is also a possibility of Bennu impacting Earth towards the…
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2019 PMC Moon Landing 50th Anniversary
A big medallion for a big milestone July 20th, 2019 was the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 astronauts landing on the moon. This was the first time that humans had set foot on our nearest celestial neighbour. It also fulfilled the goal, uttered by US President Kennedy on May 25, 1961, that: “I believe…
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2024 Solar Eclipse Medallion
A beautiful memento with personal significance Eclipse A “Solar Eclipse” happens when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, casting a shadow on Earth that either fully or partially blocks the Sun’s light in some areas. This only happens occasionally, because the Moon doesn’t orbit in the exact same plane as the Sun and…
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2024 Australia $1 PNC “Out of this World”
The first Australian PNC featuring King Charles III* Front After a wait of 18 months since the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, the first Australian King Charles III coin has made it to a Postal Numismatic Cover. The theme is “Out of this World: Australia in Space”. The envelope features a nighttime view of Earth…
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2014 Kazakhstan 50 Tenge
An interesting Soviet space shuttle on a coin from its home country (which isn’t Russia) Reverse The reverse of the 2014 50 Tenge coin is dominated by a space shuttle on a rocket booster, heading to orbit around Earth, with the moon in the background. The space shuttle is not one of the well-known American…