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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Anyone going to buy the Sputnik coin which shows the satellite actually moving around an image of the earth? Do you think they will sell out quickly? |
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United States
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Wow, that's a nice coin. I just might have to get one of them.
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Valued Member
United States
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Wow! Fifty years ago! I remember it very well. I was 11 years old. It was terrifying! The Communists had conquered outer space with a 2-foot beeping tin ball.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I would like for this to be a Russian coin instead of something from Western Australia though. I also think Sergey Korolyev is worthy of commemoration, he was the developer of their early rocket programme, and worked through incredible pressure from the Commie masters in the Kremlin.
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Pillar of the Community
Germany
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Edited by chrisild
09/27/2007 06:44 am
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Pillar of the Community
Germany
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I like that orbital coin, but it's beyond my price range. It is a great idea, though.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Fortunately the RU and UA commems are at a price I am willing to pay for them. And they are not gimmicky.
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United States
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I think this coin is kinda gimmicky, but that's o.k. by me. . The description of it in this month's World Coin News indicates that the colorized reverse portrays the satelite appearing to revolve around a view of the Earth as seen from space, and, rather than being housed in a plastic capsule, the coin is coated with a transparent wear-resistant finish that allows you to manually activate the coin's design without contaminating its proof surface. Activate the design? So it's a coin you can actually play with. I'll bet it does sell out quickly, even at $77-78 U.S. Edited by chasinva69
09/27/2007 1:08 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Germany
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Edited by chrisild
10/05/2007 05:17 am
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Pillar of the Community
Germany
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For some odd reason the forum software modifies the URL that I posted, and I have not found a way to fix that. So use this link instead ... http://preview.tinyurl.com/2zdy8n... and click on "Proceed to this site"; that should take you to the page with the images. Christian |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Kazakhstan has minted two coins in 2006 and 2007 in bimetal - silver and tantalum. Pretty interesting metal choice.
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Valued Member
France
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I like very much orbital and fidji coin, they are on my wish list but they are expensive !
I hope to find them price lower.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Did anyone buy this one? How do you like it? I see they have not sold out yet.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I do like this Sputnik coin..However I will spend my money on other coins on my wish list
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France
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I bought Cook Isl and Fidji Sputnik coins !  Earth on center is moving. As mintage is 25,000 it is not very difficult to find.  This coin with mintage 6,000 is more difficult to find now and price is going to increase. I saw more than $100 (I bought it for $78). Happy new year for all ! |
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Posted 09/27/2007 12:33 am
but still a neat design:
