Port Canaveral Maiden Flights
Year: Various
Mint/Issuer: Port Canaveral
Mintage: [Unknown]
Historical metal: Launch pad material used on their maiden flight
Gold(color)- Shuttle/Anchor reverse
Silver(color)- Shuttle/Anchor reverse
Gold(color)- Cruise Ship reverse
Gold(color)- PC Seaport reverse
Silver(color)- PC Seaport reverse(w/ STS-135 Final flight)
Gold(color)- PC Seaport reverse(w/ STS-135 Final flight)
Gold(color)- Writing only(on Columbia Medal only)
• Shuttle Columbia maiden flight 12 April 1981
• Shuttle Challenger maiden flight 4 April 1983
• Shuttle Discovery maiden flight 30 Aug. 1984
• Shuttle Atlantis maiden flight 3 Oct. 1985
• Shuttle Atlantis last flight 8 Jul. 2011
• Shuttle Endeavour maiden flight 7 May 1992
• Spacehab maiden flight 24 June 1993
• Skynet maiden flight 31 Dec. 1989
Additional Information:
These were sold individually and as sets and are made with material from the launch or launch pad of the maiden flight of the specific shuttle. Sets 1 and 2 are 8 medals each, 7 of the maiden flights and a center piece(an anchor). Each of the 7 have a reverse that matches the center piece(unknown if the center piece contains blended metal). Set 3 is only 5 medals, 4 maiden flight and 1 center piece(cruise ship). Set 4 appears to the only set made strictly for displaying as the reverse sides are blank with the center piece(what I call the Port Canaveral Seaport) and the last is only 1 medal of the maiden flight of Columbia which has writing on the reverse.
