Origin Of Apollo 11 Moon Landing Penny

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phillydog New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 06/10/2010 10:01 pm As a young child I found a 1969 penny with an image of the Apollo 11 moon landing stamped into it. Can anyone identify who may have stamped this coin or where it may have come from? Are there others like it? Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Phillyodog Photo uploaded by moderator Identified - moved to Exonumia forum - Sap Edited by phillydog 06/12/2010 11:45 am Report this Post to the Staff

omahaorange Valued Member United States 294 Posts	Posted 06/11/2010 06:37 am A picture would help. There are actually quite a few "counter-stamped" coins out there. these were stamped with images ranging from the 50 states to Abraham Lincoln. These are novelty coins, stamped outside the US Mint. Report this Post to the Staff
phillydog New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 06/12/2010 11:30 am Thanks omahaorange. I have a great pic but I am having trouble downloading it to the blog because it is too big of a file. I don't know how to reduce it to the 90k size limit. Phillydog Edited by phillydog 06/12/2010 11:46 am Report this Post to the Staff
maudry Pillar of the Community Luxembourg 588 Posts	Posted 06/12/2010 12:11 pm Reduce the size. Additionally you can also reduce the quality of the jpg. That helps to make the file smaller keeping the picture still at a reasonable size. Report this Post to the Staff
omahaorange Valued Member United States 294 Posts	Posted 06/12/2010 12:37 pm There are numerous free programs for simple photo editing available. I believe Windows Photo Gallery will also do this. Report this Post to the Staff
phillydog New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 06/12/2010 4:13 pm Thank you, I will try these suggestions. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16849 Posts	Posted 06/15/2010 8:27 pm You can find cents counterstamped with all sorts of things, like presidents and states. I assume it dates from sometime around the first moon landing, though it's not an official NASA souvenir. Given that whoever made it has gone to the trouble to fish out an actual 1969 cent, it might be a little more interesting than others. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
phillydog New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 06/16/2010 05:46 am I found this coin in change shortly after the moon landing. I thought that was clever to use the actual date. What impressed me was that the person who made this took the time to create a very detailed die. I don't know how much effort that takes. Thanks for the reply Report this Post to the Staff
iamkayelem Valued Member United States 176 Posts	Posted 09/08/2010 10:49 pm I found this coin today too... it's in pretty nice condition too Report this Post to the Staff
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