US Mint Reveals Design of First Moon Landing 50th Anniversary Coins

US Mint Reveals Design of First Moon Landing 50th Anniversary Coins

US Mint Reveals Design of First Moon Landing 50th Anniversary Coins







		WASHINGTON, DC - The United States Mint has taken "a small step" toward launching new coins to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first lunar landing with the design revelation For its commemorations of 2019.

		David Ryder, director of the United States Mint, presided over the inauguration, which took place at the Smithsonian National Museum of Air and Space in Washington, DC, on Thursday (October 11).

		"The Mint connects Americans through currencies, and next year it will be our great privilege to connect the United States with the extraordinary achievements of the first steps of humanity on the Moon," said Ryder.

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		The commemorative coin program for the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 will see Mint issue curved coins in gold, silver and coated metal. Congress dictated the Design of the convex tails (dome-shaped) lateral.Specifying that it reproduces the reflection in the viewer of the Apollo 11 astronaut, Buzz Aldrin, from an iconic photograph taken by Neil Armstrong on the moon on July 20, 1969. The mint sculptor and engraver Phebe Hemphill designed and sculpted the side of the tails.

		For the concave heads (in the shape of a bowl), sculpted by the sculptor and engraver Joseph Menna, Congress He directed the Casa de la Moneda to hold a public art contest., which was carried out in 2017.

		"The Mint offers sincere congratulations and thanks to artist Gary Cooper," said Ryder. "His winning design is a moving representation of the triumphant moment that brought people together and reaffirmed our shared humanity and our sense of purpose."





						


The obverse of the coins of the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 presents the inscriptions "Mercury", "Gemini" and "Apollo", separated by phases of the moon, and a boot print on the lunar surface.

            						    Credit: U.S. Mint 


		Cooper's design includes the inscriptions "Mercury," "Gemini," and "Apollo," with each word separated by a representation of a phase of the moon and an astronaut's bootprint on the lunar surface. Together, they intend to represent the efforts of the US space program. UU Before the landing of the first moon.

		"The official currency of the Mint of the United States that we present today, which starts the National celebration of the anniversaries of Apollo.It's a wonderful way to remember the concerted national effort behind this amazing achievement, "said Ellen Stofan, director of the National Air and Space Museum.

		The presentation was scheduled to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the launch of the First manned flight of the Apollo program.. Apollo 7 astronaut Walt Cunningham, who flew with the late Wally Schirra and Donn Eisele on the 1968 test flight of the Apollo command and service modules in Earth's orbit, helped with the coin's revelation.

		"Apollo 7 it was an important mission, and to this day, 50 years later, it remains the longest, most ambitious and most successful test flight of any new flying machine, "said Cunningham. I hope we are remembered for taking us one step closer to our first lunar landing. "

		"It is an honor for me to reveal a commemorative memory of the Apollo program," Cunningham continued. "This coin celebrates the work of 400,000 Americans in what President Kennedy called 'the most dangerous, dangerous and biggest adventure' we have embarked in. I hope that the people who buy this coin will remember our achievements and the sacrifices we made. They were willing to do, and some people did, in the service of our country and of history. "





						


The reverse side of the 50th anniversary coins of Apollo 11 shows a close-up of the famous photograph "Buzz Aldrin on the Moon" taken on July 20, 1969, showing only the visor and part of the helmet of the astronaut Buzz Aldrin .

            						    Credit: U.S. Mint 


		Cheryl Chaffee, daughter of the late Roger Chaffee, joined Cunningham on stage for the opening, who with her two Apollo 1 crew died in a fire on the launch pad in 1967. Cheryl Chaffee participated in the ceremony as a representative of the Astronauts Memorial Foundation (AMF), one of the three organizations that will benefit from the sale of the coins.

		"If the commemoration of Apollo 11 is a total sale, the program could raise more than $ 14.5 million," said Ryder.

		In addition to the AMF, which will receive a quarter of the total funds authorized by Congress for payment, the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF) will receive a quarter and the National Air and Space Museum will receive the remaining half to help support the Construction of his new gallery "Destino Luna". scheduled to open in 2022.

		"The museum, the foundations and the Mint were united in a mission to support the kind of achievements these coins celebrate," said Stofan, who served as Chief Scientist at NASA from 2013 to 2016.

		The 50th anniversary coins of Apollo 11 will be issued in January 2019 as a $ 5 gold coin, a $ 1 silver coin, a half dollar coin and a five ounce $ 1 silver test coin.



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