Product Description
Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of one of the greatest technological achievements of all history.
These 4 coins capture the excitement and wonder of the Apollo 11 Lunar Mission.
Includes:
Susan B. Anthony Dollar coin - struck in 1979 10th anniversary of the moon landing; Obverse: features the placement of the U.S. flag on the moon, while Apollo 11 hovers in the moon sky; Reverse: eagle, earth and moon
John F. Kennedy Half Dollar - On May 25, 1961 during a speech given before a joint session of Congress President John F. Kennedy expressed his goal: "I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth;" Obverse: features the same colorization as the Silver Eagle, an Apollo 11 montage with JFK's image; Reverse: presidential coat of arms 2002
Ohio State Quarter - the first state quarter with a space theme; Obverse: George Washington; Â Reverse: features an astronaut in an Apollo-era space suit to honor two of America's most famous astronauts, both of whom are Ohio natives: John Glenn, who in 1962 became the first American to orbit the earth, and Neil Armstrong, who in 1969 was the first man to walk on the moon
2004 Florida State Quarter - Florida has been the home of the U.S. space program for decades, and Cape Kennedy has been the launching pad for all of America's legendary space missions, including the Apollo and Space Shuttle missions; Obverse: George Washington; Reverse: depicts a space shuttle and is the first circulating U.S. coin to show a spacecraft; features a "knock-out" technique (where that portion of the coin is not colorized) to show the space shuttle and the Apollo 11 craft hurtling towards the moon
