50th Anniversary of Apollo 11 minted!
Commemorative
Coin to
Launch
on January 24, 2019
The
world eagerly watched on July 20, 1969, as Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” E.
Aldrin, Jr. took mankind’s first steps on the Moon. This unprecedented
engineering, scientific, and political achievement was the culmination of the
efforts of an estimated 400,000 Americans and secured our Nation’s leadership
in space for generations to come.
The
Apollo 11 crew—Armstrong, Aldrin, and Michael Collins—safely returned to Earth
on July 24, 1969, fulfilling the national goal set in 1961 by President John F.
Kennedy. Nearly half a century later, the United States is the only country
ever to have attempted and succeeded in landing humans on a celestial body
other than Earth and safely returning them home.
In
recognition of the 50th anniversary of the first manned landing on the Moon,
Public Law 114-282 authorizes a four-coin program at US Mint: a curved $5 gold
coin, a curved $1 silver coin, a curved half-dollar clad coin, and a curved 5
ounce $1 silver proof coin.
As
required by the Public Law, the Mint invited American artists to design a
common obverse image that is emblematic of the United States Space Program
leading up to the first manned Moon landing. The Secretary of the Treasury
selected the design from a juried competition. Gary Cooper of Belfast, Maine,
created the winning design in the Apollo 11 Commemorative Coin Design
Competition.
The
Coins are of $5 Gold Coin, Silver Dollar Coin, Clad Half Dollar Coin & Five
Ounce Proof Silver Dollar Coin. Prices for the coins include surcharges of $35
for each gold coin, $10 for each silver coin, $5 for each half dollar clad coin
and $50 for each five ounce proof silver dollar coin.
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