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TITANS OF SPACEFLIGHT – 2020 1/2 Kilo Pure Silver Coin with 4 Titanium Inlays – FIJI
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TITANS OF SPACEFLIGHT – 2020 1/2 Kilo Pure Silver Coin with 4 Titanium Inlays – FIJI
50 years after the first man on the moon, the greatest achievers in spaceflight are being honoured!
FEATURES
- World premiere: first coin ever combining Silver and Titanium Inlays!
- Featuring the biggest milestones in spaceflight of mankind on the way to the moon!
- Extremely limited to only 99 pieces worldwide!
FOUR TITANIUM INLAYS HIGHLIGHTING
THE FIRST ANIMAL IN ORBIT: On 03 November 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 2. On board was Laika, a young Siberian husky dog who had been trained to eat to eat and survive in the tiny capsule. Becoming the first animal to orbit Earth, little Laika, dubbed Muttnik in the US, sadly perished in a short space of time.
THE FIRST MAN IN SPACE: Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin, on board Vostok 3KA-3 (Vostok-1), blasted off from Baikonur Cosmodrome on 12 April 1961 and launched into orbit. The five first-stage engines fired until the first separation event,when the four side-boosters fell away, leaving the core engine. The core stage then separated while the rocket was in a suborbital trajectory,and the upper stage carried it to orbit. Just 108 minutes later, Vostok-1 made its journey back to Earth, carrying Gagarin to Kazakhstan. He became an international celebrity and was awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union, amongst many other accolades.
This was Gagarin’s only flight into space, as the Soviet Union didn’t want to risk its new international hero, although he was the backup astronaut on the Soyuz-1 mission. That one ended in tragedy with the death of Gagarin’s friend, Vladimir Komarov. Gagarin himself was killed in 1968 when a Mig-15 he was piloting crashed near Kirzhach.
THE FIRST WOMAN IN SPACE: Just over five years had passed since Gagarin’s epic flight when the first woman, Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova, lifted off in Vostok 6. Leaving Earth on 16 June 1963, she spent three days in space and orbited the Earth 48 times. She remains to this day the only woman to have undertaken a solo mission to space. She went into politics and remains active as a member of the national State Duma to this day, at aged 82.
THE FIRST MAN ON THE MOON: One small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind. With these words, astronaut Neil Armstrong opened up the next phase in human exploration by stepping from the Apollo 11 lunar lander onto the surface of the Moon. Joined 20 minutes later by Buzz Aldrin, and watched overhead by designated driver, Michael Collins, this was an event that was watched around the world with absolute admiration.
Specifications
Mintage: 99
Material: Fine Silver (99.9%)
Finish: Antique
Weight: 1/2 Kilo
Diameter: 100mm
COA: Yes
Country: Fiji
Face Value: $10.00