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Topic: Collecting Soviet/Russian coins and medallions
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jakob Terweij
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posted 12-10-2012 05:39 AM
   
Is there anybody out there who is interested in Soviet/Russian coins and medals? Or am I the only one?I am collecting Soviet/Russian coins/pins and medallions since 1960.
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cspg
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From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 12-10-2012 06:42 AM
Where do you buy them? And how do they look like? |
tnperri
Member Posts: 452
From: Malvern, Ohio
Registered: Jun 2011
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posted 12-10-2012 07:02 AM
I have quite a few of the flown-metal medallions. There are plenty of russian coins, medals or pins on ebay. |
Rocket Chris
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posted 12-11-2012 06:06 AM
Most popular are the Buran medals (1000 pcs), Energija (800pcs) and the Yuri Gagarin honoring medals (200000?!).Any other with flown material or even entirely flown? |
tnperri
Member Posts: 452
From: Malvern, Ohio
Registered: Jun 2011
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posted 12-11-2012 06:39 AM
Here is my current list of flown:| ???? | Space Flight CC | Phobos/International Mars
metal from ship flown in space | ???? | | | | | | ???? | Space Flight CC | Soyuz/Salyut-6
metal from ship flown in space | ???? | | | | | | 1961 | ???? | Gagarin's Rocket
Claims to be made from fragments of missile stage (gas bags) which fell to the ground | ???? | | | | | | 1975 | ???? | Apollo/Soyuz Soviet set of 6
Metal flown on 1975 mission | ???? | | | | | | 1975 | Space Flight CC | Russian 1975 ASTP
metal from ship flown in space | ???? | | | | | | 1978 | Space Flight CC | Soyus-31/Salyut-6 Reduga Experiment
metal from ship flown | ???? | | | | | | 1987 | Space Flight CC | Intercosmos 20th Anniversary
metal from ship flown in space | ???? | | | | | | 1987 | ???? | Open Cosmos 5 medal set
metal from ship flown in space | ???? | | | | | | 1988 | CosmodromeBaiknr | Energia Maiden Launch
Metal from 1st launch | 800 | | | | | | 1988 | Space-Earth | Space Shuttle Buran
metal from the shuttle Buran | 1000 | | | | | | 1988 | ???? | 60MM Space Shuttle Buran
metal from the shuttle Buran | ???? | | | | | | 1991 | CosmodromeBaiknr | Gagarin 30th Anniversay | 160,000 | | | | | | 1992 | Lenningrad Mint | Columbus Star
Metal flown on the Zvesda Kolumba | ???? | | | | | | 1994 | Memorial Museum | Orbit Ship Buran
Metal from MIR Launch rockets | 1000 | | | | | | 1994 | Memorial Museum | Gagarin/Vostok 1
Metal from MIR Launch rockets | 1000 | | | | | | 1994 | Memorial Museum | Orbit Station Mir
Metal from MIR Launch rockets | 1000 | | | | | | 2001 | CosmodromeBaiknr | Gagarin 40th Anniversary | 12,000 | | | | | | 2005 | Samara Industrial | Sputnik 5 45th
unknown metal flown | ???? | | | | | | 2006 | Samara Industrial | Sputnik 9 45th
unknown metal flown | ???? | | | | | | 2007 | Samara Industrial | Sputnik 2 45th
unknown metal flown | ???? |
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DougS
Member Posts: 63
From: Marion, Iowa
Registered: Jun 2013
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posted 06-27-2013 02:17 PM
I have a table medal from 1969 made for the builders of the N-1 lunar launch vehicle. Only 50 were made and they were made from metal used in the construction of the N-1. |
tnperri
Member Posts: 452
From: Malvern, Ohio
Registered: Jun 2011
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posted 06-27-2013 05:27 PM
Doug, can you post a picture. I'd be very interested in it. Thanks. |
DougS
Member Posts: 63
From: Marion, Iowa
Registered: Jun 2013
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posted 06-27-2013 10:42 PM
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Russian
Member Posts: 361
From: France
Registered: Nov 2012
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posted 07-17-2013 10:58 AM
This N-1 medal was produced to celebrate the end of the launcher's pad building. Nothing to do with the launcher itself!At list 100 were minted for the State Commission visit to Baikonur. Rather rare. |
DougS
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From: Marion, Iowa
Registered: Jun 2013
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posted 07-18-2013 04:08 PM
Russian - Thank you for the info! Here is all the research (PDF) I've been able to find on the N-1 table medal.I'd truly appreciate any additional information you may have on the medal (along with sources, if possible) so I can update my research. Thank you very much! |
Russian
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From: France
Registered: Nov 2012
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posted 07-19-2013 06:40 AM
General Katayev sold his medal or more to Panchenko I'm sure! That's why he gave completely subjective information to him so as to increase the price... Panchenko also used crazy prices.As for three people on the medal there is one worker or engineer, one soldier (they built the pad) and one cosmonaut to symbolise Soviet conquest of space. If you cut the medal you will find red metal inside (Cu). No metal taken from the launcher! I will try to find out how many were minted. |
DougS
Member Posts: 63
From: Marion, Iowa
Registered: Jun 2013
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posted 08-05-2013 10:05 AM
Thank you again for the additional information and clarification on the three figures!The inside is copper? Very interesting!!! |
Lev M
Member Posts: 139
From: Canada
Registered: Nov 2012
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posted 08-17-2013 08:46 PM
The second person on the N-1 medal doesn't look as a soldier to me. The hat is wrong. I would expect a worker and a peasant/farmer - the famous and important part of the USSR ideology. The top symbol confirms this idea. The third one is a cosmonaut because of the subject and because of having his roots from the working and farmer classes (another ideological thing). |
Russian
Member Posts: 361
From: France
Registered: Nov 2012
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posted 09-03-2013 08:11 AM
Dear friends! I would like to inform you that in the USSR soldiers who served in hot climate places and Republics of the Soviet Union had in their dress court for summer a kind of panama to be well protected against sun rays... So on the medal you can see the soldier in this panama!If you look through the photos on Baikonur building you can see photos with soldiers in panama. Amen! |
Lev M
Member Posts: 139
From: Canada
Registered: Nov 2012
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posted 09-03-2013 09:52 AM
Sorry, but I have to disagree with you unless you can show some photos with Russian soldiers wearing the same "panamas." I have a friend who spent two years being a soldier in Baikonur and his panama looked like this one. |
Russian
Member Posts: 361
From: France
Registered: Nov 2012
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posted 09-04-2013 07:59 AM
Look at your own pictures of the panama. Even the black ribbon is well seen on the panama.The medal isn't produced by Moscow or Leningrad (St. Petersburg) Mint, that's why we have this shape of the panama. But if you personally, Lev, prefer peasant... please stay there. In the Soviet and Russian space industry the expression "Peasant in space" is used to say that somebody is not skilled or just competent in his profession! Unfortunately now there is a big Kolkhoz (farm) of them in Russia... The forum is used to share information or opinions. I gave here some information and you gave your opinion. Good for you! |
Lev M
Member Posts: 139
From: Canada
Registered: Nov 2012
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posted 09-04-2013 10:31 AM
I had to go back to the pdf file above for a better picture and ... well... I have to agree with you. That "ribbon" is actually a chin strap, so you are right, this is a solder. Regarding your opinion about "peasant in space" (please don't forget it was a part of the worker-peasant ideology) I can't agree with it but this is off-topic here. |
DougS
Member Posts: 63
From: Marion, Iowa
Registered: Jun 2013
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posted 09-04-2013 03:42 PM
Thanks again for the info!I'll start updating my pdf to reflect the changes. I did go back and looked at my correspondence with Michael Rose, who I bought the medal from. I need to correct the section about what the medal is made of. Michael did mention that it was made from an alloy containing metal from an N-1, not pure N-1 metal as I thought. Completely my error. Russian, were you able to find out what the production number was for the medal — 50 or 100? Also, do you know the name of the artist who designed the medal? Thanks again! |
SpaceCadet1983
Member Posts: 227
From: United States
Registered: May 2012
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posted 09-04-2013 05:50 PM
Yes, Doug, the information I gave you on the content of the medal was based on the seller's listing on eBay at the time I purchased it. |
Russian
Member Posts: 361
From: France
Registered: Nov 2012
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posted 09-05-2013 03:55 AM
They produced about 100 medals but no more. It's completely unknown where they minted them and who was the artist. They were ordered and brought to Baikonur for the acceptance review state commission by the militaries who were responsible for all the construction works. Space industry (Ministry of General Machine Building) were also in the commission.I'm pretty sure no N-1 metal inside! Russians never drink before the flight! They are really superstitious... And the mint never used special alloys. The used only existing metal they had. I have one "cut" medal and will put the copper side on the forum. |
Russian
Member Posts: 361
From: France
Registered: Nov 2012
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posted 09-13-2013 05:10 AM
Here you can see the copper side of the medal.
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