Gagarin – 30th Anniversary
Year: 1991
Mint/Issuer: Baikonur Cosmodrome
Mintage: 160000
Flown metal: Metal taken from TM Soyus flights
Gagarin – 30th Anniversary (2 coin set)
Year: 1991
Mint/Issuer: Baikonur Cosmodrome
Mintage: 35000
Flown metal: Metal taken from TM Soyus flights
Additional Information:
40 mm diameter medal minted in the USSR from material of the flown in space ship to commemorate 30 years anniversary of first manned flight of Yuri Gagarin. Also included in the 2 coin set is an 1 ounce silver proof 3 Ruble coin.
Medal Obverse:
Depicts Gagarin`s profile in helmet.
Medal Reverse:
Depicting Vostok-1 space ship over the planet and reads in Russian and English `First man in
space 12.IV.1961
