1969 First Step On The Moon Eyewitness Sterling Medal Franklin Mint
A fairly easy to find medal, but still quite a historical one. Apollo 11 was launched by a Saturn V rocket from Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Florida, on July 16 at 9:32 am EDT and was the fifth manned mission of NASA's Apollo program. The Ike dollar and Susan B Anthony dollar reverse design is borrowed the Apollo 11 flight insignia.
The Apollo spacecraft had three parts. A command module with a cabin for the three astronauts, which was the only part that returned to Earth. A service module , which supported the command module with propulsion, electrical power, oxygen, and water. A lunar module that had two stages - a descent stage for landing on the Moon, and an ascent stage to place the astronauts back into lunar orbit.
After being sent to the Moon by the Saturn V's third stage, the astronauts separated the spacecraft from it and traveled for three days until they entered into lunar orbit. Armstrong and Aldrin then moved into the lunar module Eagle and landed in the Sea of Tranquility. They stayed a total of about 21.5 hours on the lunar surface. The astronauts used Eagle's upper stage to lift off from the lunar surface and rejoin Collins in the command module. They jettisoned Eagle before they performed the maneuvers that blasted them out of lunar orbit on a trajectory back to Earth. They returned to Earth and splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on July 24 after more than eight days in space.
The landing was broadcast on live TV to a worldwide audience. Apollo 11 effectively ended the Space Race and fulfilled a national goal proposed in 1961 by U.S. President John F. Kennedy
Quote: "before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth."
As a kid, I watched a lot of NASA coverage. I was fascinated with space movies and TV shows, this was one of those events when you remember where you were that Sunday while you were watching the live TV event. Neil Armstrong was heard to saying that late afternoon.
Quote: "The Eagle has landed!"
Six hours later it was dark outside here on Planet Earth on the East Coast, but everyone was glued to the TV while we watched as Armstrong stepped onto the lunar surface and described the event as ...
Quote: "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
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The 30% waxing moon was visible here on Planet Earth. I'm sure many took a moment that day to look up and say, it's hard to believe there are men on that moon. There are skeptics, they say it was all done in Hollywood style and staged. Those same people are fluent in speaking Klingon too, I'm sure. I certainly believe they have been there and came back. What courage it must have taken.
1845 Texas Commemorative Copper Penny ( an improved image will appear in the near future ) In order to commemorate the Texas Sesquicentennial in 1986, Lone Star Mint in Plano, Texas, created an oversized penny to honor its home state. Made of pure copper, this Texas-sized coin features a lone cowboy on a horse riding along the horizon with his shotgun in tow. The words TEXAS, 1845, and PENNY are also on the obverse. In 1845, the Republic of Texas was annexed to the United States of America, becoming the 28th U.S. state. An outline of the state and several Native American busts frame this iconic western scene. The reverse of the coin features the unforgettable portrait of The Alamo as well as the six flags under which Texas was once ruled.
The Battle of the Alamo (February 23 - March 6, 1836) was a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution. Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna launched an assault on the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Bexar (modern-day San Antonio, Texas, United States). All of the Texian defenders died in battle or execution. Most famous were William B. Travis, commander of the Republic of Texas and James "Jim" Bowie, a fighter and frontiersman, a legendary figure in Texas history and a folk hero of American culture. David "Davy" Crockett, American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier, and politician. The "King of the Wild Frontier". Those three bodies were burned along with other heroes. The ashes were put in a coffin together and buried. Exhumed from The Old San Fernando Church and moved to San Antonio, Texas in the Cathedral of San Fernando.
Santa Anna's cruelty during the battle inspired many Texians—both Texas settlers and adventurers from the United States—to join the Texian Army. Buoyed by a desire for revenge, the Texians defeated the Mexican Army at the Battle of San Jacinto, on April 21, 1836, ending the revolution.
Amazing detail on the first image. Nice shape for the Exposition wooden medal. Well over 125 years old and still in one piece. I sure hope you keep that in a constant temp/humidity environment.
Some of you may know of my favorite team in sports. The Four Horsemen of Notre Dame comprised a group of American football players at the University of Notre Dame under coach Knute Rockne. They were the backfield of Notre Dame's 1924 football team. The players that made up this group were quarterbackHarry Stuhldreher left halfbackJim Crowley right halfbackDon Miller and fullbackElmer Layden.
In 1924, The foursome needed some help from Grantland Rice, a sportswriter for the former New York Herald Tribune, to achieve football immortality. After Notre Dame's 13-7 upset victory over a strong Army team, on October 18, 1924, Rice penned "the most famous football lead of all-time".
Quote: Outlined against a blue-gray October sky, the Four Horsemen rode again. In dramatic lore their names are Death, Destruction, Pestilence, and Famine. But those are aliases. Their real names are: Stuhldreher, Crowley, Miller and Layden. They formed the crest of the South Bend cyclone before which another fighting Army team was swept over the precipice at the Polo Grounds this afternoon as 55,000 spectators peered down upon the bewildering panorama spread out upon the green plain below.
After the team arrived back in South Bend, he posed the four players, dressed in their uniforms, on the backs of four horses from a livery stable in town. The wire services picked up the now-famous photo, and the legendary status of the Four Horsemen was assured. The Four Horsemen had run rampant through Irish opponents' defenses since coach Knute Rockne devised the lineup in 1922 during their sophomore season. During the three-year tenure of the Four Horsemen, Notre Dame lost only two games; one each in 1922 and 1923, both to Nebraska in Lincoln before packed houses.
Although none of the four stood taller than six feet or weighed more than 162 pounds, they played 30 games as a unit and only lost to one team, Nebraska, twice. They played at a time when there were no separate offensive and defensive teams. All players had to play both sides. Once a player left the field, he could not come back into the game.
The linemen also earned the less famous nickname, The Seven Mules.
I am glad to own this very nice example The Four Horsemen - 1955 Topps All-American #68 sportscard.
Picked these up recently at our local coin show. Part of Medallic Art Co's National Park series, first released in 1972 to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the US National Park system. Obverse shows an American Bison in front of Yellowstone Falls with the earth above. Reverse shows the geyser Old Faithful. about 38mm, the firestone is high relief and made of bronze and the second one is lower relief, and not stamped with the type of metal (now marked medallic art. Just believe it to be). I believe it to be silver plated, but I'm not positive.
Not the prettiest round I have, paid about spot, a bit rough maybe, but so was ...
Born in Princeton, Missouri on May 1, 1852 as Martha Jane Cannary became the legendary Calamity Jane and died on August 2, 1903.
Rather than copy and paste conflicting accounts I have found, I write my own short bio from what I gathered. With her parents dead and her siblings in need, she did whatever she could to support them. She only lived to be about 51 years old and probably died from a combination of hard drinking and hard living. She did wear mens clothing, doing what the men did. I think she probably could hold her own in any fight with a man, and probably did. They say she was a good hearted person and compassionate. She liked to have a rowdy good time and had a great sense of humor. I would think she could have dressed up as a lady, as it is told that she worked in a brothel, doing more than the dishes and was a dance hall girl. They say that she was good looking as a girl and young woman, despite the images we have of her today. There are stories of her driving a mule team, as a rider on the Pony Express, swimming the Platt River and carrying a dispatch 90 miles for the Cavalry to an outpost where she then became seriously ill, probably with pnemonia. Calamity also did some prospecting around Deadwood S.D. There is a story of her meeting up with and taking the reins on a stage coach from a wounded driver under indian attack and saving 6 passengers and perhaps the driver as well.
She met Wild Bill Hickok in Fort Laramie Wyoming, and rode a wagon train together to Deadwood S.D. and became at least great friends but probably fought like cats and dogs at times. Later in her life after Wild Bill Hickok was killed, she joined Buffalo Bills Wild West Show and told tall tales and exaggerated stories. She probably displayed some handy shooting as well, but it was her stories and reputation she gained from them made her a legend. In 1901 she was hired by the Pan American Exposition but her drinking caught up with her. As per her wishes ... She is buried next to Wild Bill Hickok on "Boot Hill" atop Mt. Moriah overlooking the town of Deadwood. So how did Calamity Jane get her name? Perhaps in the end, it is that alcohol gave it to her.
Exciting addition tonight ... Felix Schlag our Jefferson nickel designer also has designed 4 silver medals that were minted in sterling silver by the Franklin Mint. Tonight I bagged a toughie and it is my third.
Betsy Ross - This was originally commissioned by the Societe Commemorative de Femmes Celebres. It was their second medal struck to honor famous women, receiving 918 votes in the January/February 1966 ballot. 3,220 of these coin-medals were minted as solid sterling silver proofs, and 3 were created as solid platinum proofs.
Source(s): Numismatic Issues Of The Franklin Mint 1969 Edition (Covering The Years 1965-1969). Yeadon, PA: The Franklin Mint, Inc., 1969, pp. 21.
"Betsy Ross and Madame Curie to be Next Two Subjects." Newsletter of The Societe Commemorative de Femmes Celebres. Volume 1, Number 1, Page 1. March, 1966.
"Second SCFC Commemorative Sculptured by Felix Schlag of Jefferson nickel Fame." Newsletter of The Societe Commemorative de Femmes Celebres. Volume 1, Number 2, Page 1. June, 1966.
I have Herbert Hoover and Chief John Big Tree That leaves me still looking for Paul Revere. He is in the International Fraternal Commemorative Society set. I have seen it lying in a complete set this past year.
Annie Oakley - "Little Miss Sure Shot" It was Sitting Bull who was also an entertainer in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show who gave Annie Oakley the name "Little Miss Sure Shot". Sitting Bull was quite taken with Annie and adopted her as not only a member of the Hunkpapa Lakota but as a daughter.
Here's a 2 minute vid from CBS Sunday Morning 2013
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This monument is in Greenville Ohio.
She did not live there and is not buried there. She was born and buried near/in Brock Ohio alongside husband Frank Butler.
Picked up this token recently but cant find any information - can anyone help? (if you have Renniks Australian and New Zealand Token Values it might be in there).
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man, one giant leap for mankind."
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