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base104 Member Posts: 10 From: Registered: Feb 2010	posted 02-19-2010 12:55 AM I have one of the unmanned mission medals/coins from the Caltech-JPL Numismatic Society for the Viking Lander. A history would be nice if anyone knows the details.
cspg Member Posts: 6210 From: Geneva, Switzerland Registered: May 2006	posted 02-19-2010 08:19 AM Are we talking about the ones available from the JPL store?
base104 Member Posts: 10 From: Registered: Feb 2010	posted 02-19-2010 10:51 PM Huh. I have a Viking one that looks quite old and has a Caltech JPL Numismatic Society inscription on the back. I will buy a copy of it to see if the old ones are the same as the current ones. If so, oh well. Thanks for the link!
cspg Member Posts: 6210 From: Geneva, Switzerland Registered: May 2006	posted 03-02-2010 08:59 AM I did receive the coins from JPL today (minus one which is in the mail). The Viking one (and the others) have on the back: "The Caltech-JPL numismatic society commemorates achievements in space exploration." The Viking coin shows the lander, the orbiter on the right and the dates "1975-1976 Viking."
base104 Member Posts: 10 From: Registered: Feb 2010	posted 03-04-2010 11:25 PM Yep. That is what mine says. Mine looks fairly old and worn, so they must have been cranking these out for some time.

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