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Apollo 14 Lunar Module Flown Silver Franklin Mint Medallion, Serial Number 168, In Acrylic Display. ...
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Flown to the lunar surface
Apollo 14 Lunar Module Flown Silver Franklin Mint Medallion,
Serial Number 168, In Acrylic Display. Incredibly desirable
39mm medal (one of two hundred minted) bearing the mission insignia
depicting an Astronaut Pin flying to the moon. The reverse depicts
the surface of the moon with the inscription "Spacecraft/ Kitty
Hawk & Antares/ Destination/ Fra Mauro - 1971". Each of the three
Apollo 14 crewmembers carried sixty-five of these in their Command
Module PPKs (for a total of 195 flown). The medallion is encased in
a 2.5" x 2.5" acrylic cube that site upon a wooden base with a
metal plate that states: "This medallion was carried to the
surface/ of the moon on Apollo XIV especially for/ Bob
Phillips".After the mission, as many as fifty of them were returned to the Franklin Mint and melted down toward the production of 129,000+ Apollo 14 commemorative mini-coins that were sent to Franklin Mint subscribers in 1971. The rest were retained by the crewmembers themselves. This is the first example we have encountered that is attested to have been flown to lunar surface. Wooden base measures 6" x 6" and has light age related wear. Otherwise excellent.
Auction Info
2023 December 14 - 15 Space Exploration Signature® Auction #6277 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
December, 2023
14th-15th
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