STARS FLIGHT Space Exploration Vostok Gagarin Hologram Stamp Silver Coin 1$ Niue 2012
This high details with embedded hologram commemorative silver coin is dedicated to the exploration of the space. On April 12, 1961 history was made when Yuri Gagarin, Russian cosmonaut and hero of the Soviet Union, became the first man to travel into outer space, launching to orbit aboard the Vostok 3KA-3 (Vostok 1).
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€79.95
Data sheet
- Country
- Niue
- Year
- 2012
- Face Value
- 1 Dollar
- Metal
- Silver
- Fineness (purity)
- .925
- Weight (g)
- 28.28
- Diameter (mm)
- 38.61
- Quality
- Proof
- Mintage (pcs)
- 5.000
- Certificate (COA)
- Yes
- Presentation case (box)
- Yes
- Weight range
- Less than 1 oz
The Reverse depicts a space station "MIR" (first modular space station, operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001) on the background of a spiral galaxy. On the coin a hologram (imitation of a stamp presenting a starting rocket, a cosmonaut's photograph, inscriptions on a hologram : "Vostock" (in russian), "12-IV-1961" and "CCCP". Inscriptions on a coin: "Stars flight" and "Ag 925". The Obverse depicts the Standard effigy of Elizabeth II. Inscriptions: "Niue Island", "Elizabeth II" , "One Dollar" and "2012".
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