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Topic:	Aurora Galleries Oct. 2006 auction

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Your Reply: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	[QUOTE]Originally posted by lunareagle: [B]<BLOCKQUOTE>[b]Apollo 16 Flown Robbins Medallion (Lot 904)[/b]</BLOCKQUOTE> Medal collectors should be aware of a few things before considering this item. [list=1][]There were 98 Apollo 16 medals flown, not 80. []There have been a few Apollo 16 silver medals to surface without serial numbers.[/list] It remains my opinion that these NO NUMBER medals must be considered NOT FLOWN until such time that either all 300 silver medals have been accounted for, or all 98 serial numbered medals are accounted for. A near impossible task. My experience has found that many astronauts and families were unaware of the details surrounding the Robbins Medals and have innocently believed some to have been flown that were not. As recently as last week, I spoke with an astronaut wife about how medals were divided up with no thought as to some being flown or unflown. Again, in my opinion, certification or not, without a serial number or a letter from from the astronaut stating that this NO NUMBER medal was personally carried by him, there will always be a question to future collectors as to whether it was truly flown. I know that NGC will not certify it as a flown medal unless it were accompanied by a letter from the astronaut who carried it, specifying that detail.[/B][/QUOTE]
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