SSP 30 years of Space Exploration - www-space-coins
Year: 2014
Mint/Issuer: Winco / www-space-coins
Mintage: 981
Flown Metal: imbedded pieces from each shuttle
Additional Information:
Space Shuttle medal with VISIBLE flown material from all 6 Space Shuttle!
2.5"! 2.6oz! Serialized!
!! ONLY 981 medals issued !!
The first ever medal that contains space flown material from all six Space Shuttle in ONE medal!
The flown material isn't simply melted into the medal but you can actually see it!
This medal has many firsts when it comes to medals with flown material:
-it contains flown material from all six space shuttle in ONE medal
-the material is not sinply melted into the medal but you can actually see it
-it is serialized
-it has a very low mintage of only 981 (the mintage of 981 honors the very first Space Shuttle start in 1981)
-it has a matching legal tender coin (2012 Cook Islands, $1 Space Shuttle coin)!
-it has the biggest ever size of any medal with flown material - 2.5" in diameter, 5mm thick and it weighs 2.6oz (75 grams)!
