Gagarin – 40th Anniversary
Year: 2001
Mint/Issuer: Baikonur Cosmodrome (Space Federation of Russia)
Mintage: 12000
Flown metal: Metal of a Russian spacecraft actually flown into space
Additional Information:
40 mm diameter medal officially issued by the Space Federation of Russia. The medal pays tribute to the 40th Anniversary of the first manned flight of Yuri Gagarin. Issued on April 12,2001, the exact anniversary of the first flight aboard Vostok-1.
Medal Obverse:
Bears Yuri’s profile and Vostok-1 ship exploring space.
Medal Reverse:
Depicts the new International Space Station as the symbol of the progress of space exploration
reached by Mankind for the 40 years since the Gagarin’s Flight.
