Coin Community Family of Web Sites Join Thousands of Coin, Bullion, & Money Collectors
Join Thousands of Coin, Bullion, & Money Collectors Coin, Banknote and Medal Collectors's Online Mall Specializing in Modern Numismatics Vancouvers #1 Coin and Paper Money Dealer 300,000 items to help build your collection! Shop for APMEX Bullion on eBay!Royal Canadian Mint products, Canadian, Polish, American, and world coins and banknotes.








Username:
Password:
Save Password
Forgot your Password?


This page may contain links that result in small commissions to keep this free site up and running.

Welcome Guest! Registering and/or logging in will remove the anchor (bottom) ads. It's Free!

First Moonlanding, Who Knows This Coin

To participate in the forum you must log in or register.
Author Previous TopicReplies: 5 / Views: 1,517Next Topic  
New Member

Netherlands
2 Posts
 Posted 05/16/2017  05:01 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add coinstve to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Dear all,

Got from my father this attached coin of the first moonlanding in 1969.

We searched on the internet but we found nothing about this coin. The coin is bought as gold but we don't believe it. Maybe it is bronze or brass.

Can someone give us more informaton about it.

Nice regards,
Ton van Eck.

First-Moonlanding,-Who-Knows-This-Coin
Pillar of the Community
Learn More...
BStrauss3's Avatar
United States
4589 Posts
 Posted 05/16/2017  07:19 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add BStrauss3 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It's a medal, not a coin - coins are issued by a government, are legal tender (even if they don't circulate) and have a denomination.

That said, this was a popular event and 100s or more medals were issued. Hopefully somebody will recognize this specific one.
-----Burton
50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973)
Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA
Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club
Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983)

Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/
Pillar of the Community
TobyJ's Avatar
United Kingdom
1273 Posts
 Posted 05/16/2017  08:14 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add TobyJ to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I recognise that coin. I sold one similar which was part of a set of 6, which commemorated all of the lunar expeditions etc. I believe it was Franklin Mint or a similar company, and fetched about £100. They were all solid silver 1oz medals. Yours is so shiny it looks to me like solid silver with gold plating, I seem to recognise the coin, but could be wrong. When you drop it onto a hard surface from about 6 inches, does it ring with a very high pitched tone?

Pillar of the Community
alganbagerap's Avatar
United Kingdom
2490 Posts
 Posted 05/16/2017  10:27 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add alganbagerap to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Franklin did issue a first moon landing 39 mm proof in silver and bronze, but the catalog makes no mention of gold.
Pillar of the Community
Learn More...
BStrauss3's Avatar
United States
4589 Posts
 Posted 05/16/2017  4:14 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add BStrauss3 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Rather than drop it and ding it up, why don't we measure the weight and diameter.
-----Burton
50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973)
Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA
Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club
Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983)

Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/
New Member
Netherlands
2 Posts
 Posted 05/18/2017  07:08 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coinstve to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Dear all,

Sorry, it's a medal, you are right.

The medal has a weight of 6.5 gram, diameter 30 mm and a thicknes of about 1.5 mm

When the medal is dropped onto a hard surface from about 6 inches, it is ringing with a very high pitched tone!

Calculating the density with this informatin: 6.13 gram/cm3. (it's no gold!)

Is there any information about this medal?

Nice regards,
Ton.
  Previous TopicReplies: 5 / Views: 1,517Next Topic  

To participate in the forum you must log in or register.



    




Disclaimer: While a tremendous amount of effort goes into ensuring the accuracy of the information contained in this site, Coin Community assumes no liability for errors. Copyright 2005 - 2026 Coin Community Family- all rights reserved worldwide. Use of any images or content on this website without prior written permission of Coin Community or the original lender is strictly prohibited.
Contact Us  |  Advertise Here  |  Privacy Policy / Terms of Use

Coin Community Forum © 2005 - 2026 Coin Community Forums
It took 0.27 seconds to rattle this change. Forums