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Two for the Coin Collectors
Which space shuttle mission was the first to carry legal tender
American coinage as an official part of its cargo? Where are those coins today? JTM |
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Two for the Coin Collectors
On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 13:20:10 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote: Which space shuttle mission was the first to carry legal tender American coinage as an official part of its cargo? Where are those coins today? JTM I'm guessing it was STS-93, which carried a dozen or so Sacagawea dollars into orbit. AFAIK, they were, to date, the only 22k gold versions of the coins that have been struck. I think they are more or less permanently kept at Ft. Knox. Scott |
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Two for the Coin Collectors
On Apr 12, 7:52*pm, (Scott
Stevenson) wrote: On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 13:20:10 -0700 (PDT), " wrote: Which space shuttle mission was the first to carry legal tender American coinage as an official part of its cargo? Where are those coins today? JTM * I'm guessing it was STS-93, which carried a dozen or so Sacagawea dollars into orbit. *AFAIK, they were, to date, the only 22k gold versions of the coins that have been struck. * I think they are more or less permanently kept at Ft. Knox. * Scott Thanks for taking a shot at it. I was afraid that either my E-mail address or my initials would make the answer too obvious. It was the same mission that miscarried the Reagan/Bush administration's Teacher in Space. From the press kit for Challenger, Mission 51-L: "Two complete sets of the newly-minted U. S. Liberty coins will become the first legal tender American coinage to make a trip into orbit on mission 51-L. The Liberty coins -- a silver dollar, half dollar, and $5 gold coin -- are being minted by authorization from Congress to honor the Statue of Liberty's centennial anniversary in 1986 and to help raise funds for the restoration and future maintenance of the statue and Ellis Island. They are the first and only government-issue coins to feature the Statue of Liberty. School children in grades 4 through 8 will be given the chance to learn about coins and American history in a special education package -- Commemorating Liberty Through Coins -- which will be delivered to every public, private and parochial school in the nation in March 1986. The U. S. Liberty coins will be available at financial institutions and department stores across the country in April 1986." JTM |
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