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The Apollo 11 50th Anniversary commemorative coins were issued by the United States Mint in 2019 to mark the 50th anniversary of the first crewed landing on the Moon on July 20, 1969, by Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. There is a gold half eagle ($5 coin), two sizes of silver dollars, and a copper-nickel half dollar, all with the same design and curved, with the obverse concave and the reverse convex. The obverse shows a bootprint on the lunar surface, and the reverse, based on a well-known photo by Armstrong, the visor of Aldrin's space suit, with Armstrong, the U.S. flag and the Lunar Module Eagle in the reflection ($5 reverse shown). The depiction of Aldrin made him the seventh individual on a U.S. coin to be alive at the time it was struck. The program was the most successful US commemorative coin issue since the 2014 National Baseball Hall of Fame coins, with over 600,000 Apollo 11 coins sold. The larger silver dollar won the Coin of the Year Award for 2019-dated issues. (Full article...)
Promoted: 2019
Editor: Wehwalt
Recents: New Rochelle 250th Anniversary half dollar on June 24. First TFA on a modern (post 1982) commemorative
Reason: 52nd anniversary of Apollo 11 Moon landing.