The Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Series from the United States Mint offers five coins for investors and collectors to purchase. There are two 1 oz silver coins, a 5 oz silver coin, and two gold coins for sale with .2687 Troy ounces of actual gold content. The 2019 $5 American Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Gold Coin is currently yours to purchase online from JM Bullion.
Coin Highlights:
- Coins arrive inside of protective capsules and US Mint display boxes with a Certificate of Authenticity included!
- 50th Anniversary celebration of Apollo 11!
- Limited mintage of only 50,000 gold coins in the series!
- Contains 8.359 Grams (.2687 Troy oz) of actual gold content.
- Issued a face value of $5 (USD) by the United States.
- On the obverse is an astronaut’s footprint on the moon.
- The reverse recreates Buzz Aldrin’s photo of his visor that captures Neil Armstrong’s figure in the background.
- Minted at the West Point Mint with “W” mint marks.
The Apollo 11 50th Anniversary coins all share the same design elements and are struck on curved blanks. The obverse side has a concave, or sunken, design field while the reverse has a convex, or outwardly curved, design field. The US Mint offers a total mintage of 50,000 gold coins spread across this bullion version of the design and a proof gold coin.
Apollo 11 was NASA’s first manned mission to land on another celestial body. The three-man crew lifted off from Merritt Island, Florida, on July 16, 1969, powered by Saturn V rockets. Four days later, the crew approached the moon. Armstrong and Aldrin descended to the moon for a 21.5 spacewalk on the surface.
On the obverse side of 2019 $5 American Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Gold Coins is the image of an astronaut footprint on the surface of the moon. Engravings on this side include the words “Mercury, Gemini, Apollo” with the phases of the moon depicted in between each of the words. The national motto and word “Liberty” are also engraved on this side with the “W” mint mark.
The reverse of 2019 American Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Gold Coins includes a depiction of the famous photo from 1969 when Aldrin snapped a photo in his helmet’s visor that caught the reflection of fellow moonwalker Neil Armstrong. In the reflection, you can see Armstrong’s figure with the Eagle lunar lander and the American flag in the design as well.
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