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Topic: Frontiers of Flight Apollo 7 40th medallion
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 49751
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 09-01-2008 07:19 PM
   
Frontiers of Flight Museum release Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Apollo 7The Frontiers of Flight Museum in Dallas, Texas, the location of the Apollo 7 Command Module on loan from the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, celebrates the 40th anniversary of Apollo 7's flight with a commemorative coin that includes an enameled representation of the original Apollo 7 patch.  As indicated by the lettering, the coin will contain metal from the Apollo 7 spacecraft; specifically, fragments of the reflective Kapton thermal tape covering and of a 16mm data acquisition cable. The metal fragments are graciously donated for this project by Mr. Jerry Czubinski of Houston, Texas, and documentation of the provenance of the metal fragments is on file at the Frontiers of Flight Museum. The coin will be 3mm thick and 39mm in diameter. Of a limited edition of 500 numbered coins, 100 are being offered to the collectSPACE community. Due to anticipated demand, orders are limited to two coins per household. The proceeds from the sale of these coins will go to support the education programs of the Frontiers of Flight Museum. collectSPACE is proud to be the sponsor for the creation of these commemorative medals, of which the majority will be presented as gifts to the attendees at a private luncheon celebrating the crew and mission of Apollo 7. Walter Cunningham will be the event's guest of honor, accompanied by many of his fellow Apollo astronauts, NASA Administrator Michael Griffin and other space program representatives. Although we could not include all our readers as guests at this very special event, we worked with the Frontiers of Flight to make the 100 medals available. |
skye12
Member Posts: 49
From: Austin, TX, USA
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 09-03-2008 11:25 AM
Just picked up two this morning. I've always items with the mission patches on them. |
TRS
Member Posts: 733
From: Wellington, New Zealand
Registered: Mar 2003
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posted 09-05-2008 04:49 AM
It would be fantastic if someone took the initiative to do a complete set of Apollo - Apollo Applications 40th anniversary flight medallions like this. What a set that would be! |
skye12
Member Posts: 49
From: Austin, TX, USA
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 10-30-2008 04:13 PM
Received my two medallions today. They are very nice. No's 210 and 226. |
mustang05
Member Posts: 11
From: Kansas USA
Registered: Mar 2005
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posted 10-30-2008 08:01 PM
Received my to coins today as well: 194 and 218. |
mikepf
Member Posts: 448
From: San Jose, California, USA
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 10-30-2008 10:42 PM
I just got my medallion today, number 498. Now to figure out a cool way to display it. A big thanks to Jerry Czubinski, the Frontiers of Flight Museum, and collectSPACE for a very nice late birthday present. |
SpaceCadet83
Member Posts: 38
From: Enid, OK, United States
Registered: Oct 2007
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posted 10-31-2008 01:34 PM
I received my two medals today. They are great! |
4allmankind
Member Posts: 1083
From: Dallas
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 10-31-2008 09:27 PM
I received mine today as well. Thank you to the museum, Rob and Jerry for making it. I was very impressed with the quality. Great work. |
space4u
Member Posts: 330
From: Cleveland, OH USA
Registered: Aug 2006
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posted 11-01-2008 11:49 AM
I received my two coins yesterday. Excellent job. Thanks to cSpace for making it happen. |
JAYMEDINC
New Member Posts: 1
From: Concord, NC, USA
Registered: Nov 2008
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posted 11-15-2008 07:46 PM
It was my absolute pleasure, and the highlight of my custom minting career, to help Bruce, Farris, Frontiers of Flight and everybody associated with Apollo 7 in making this coin.While working on this project, I have become a collector of any Apollo 7 medal that I can get my hands on. The collection is growing! But this particular coin is my absolute favorite. — Jesse L. Medford, Northwest Territorial Mint |
lm5eagle
Member Posts: 429
From:
Registered: Jul 2007
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posted 11-16-2008 08:47 AM
I received my coin here in UK yesterday. It lived up to expectations and I would like to thank all who made it happen. The Frontiers of Flight Museum have set a shining example here and one which I would like to see others follow.Particular thanks to Bruce Bleakley for the courteous way in which he has dealt with customers. |
OLDIE
Member Posts: 339
From: Portsmouth, England
Registered: Sep 2004
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posted 11-16-2008 10:23 AM
I too received my medallion yesterday. May I echo the comments above. As it's my birthday this week, it made a nice pre-birthday present (from me to me, with thanks to all involved). |
BMckay
Member Posts: 3949
From: MA, USA
Registered: Sep 2002
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posted 09-11-2011 05:28 PM
I like this one a lot. |
328KF
Member Posts: 1375
From:
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted 01-04-2023 01:10 PM
Does anyone recall how much these originally sold for? What is the estimated value today? I rarely see them. |
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