Medal - Man in Space Mercury VIII
Features
| Location |
United States
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Advertising medallions |
| Year | 1969 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 6.5 g |
| Diameter | 26.25 mm |
| Thickness | 1.60 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Number | N# 105578 |
Commemorative issue
Glendinning Man in Space Set - U.S. Manned Space Missions
Series: Glendinning Companies - Man in Space
Obverse
Script: Latin
Lettering:
MERCURY VIII
WALTER M. SCHIRRA
Reverse
Script: Latin
Lettering:
MERCURY VIII
MISSION:
TEST
"DRIFTING"
TO CONSERVE
FUEL.
ROCKET:
ATLAS D
OCT. 8, 1962
Edge
Reeded
Mint
Danbury Mint, Norwalk, Connecticut, United States (1969-date)Comments
Set of 22 medals.
http://www.spacecollection.info/medal_sets/coin_sets.html
http://www.billjamie.com/Shell/Shell-Coin-Game/Man-In-Space/Man-In-Space.html
The Glendinning Company issued this set of small bronze medals in 1969 at the time of the Apollo 12 mission. The set featured a brief mission summary on the back of each medal. Subsequent releases were in aluminum and had the words "Man in Space" on the backs. Shell oil also distributed a variation that replaced the words with the shell logo instead.
Glendinning Companies, Inc. produced the game pieces, game prizes, and all the associated promotional materials. Glendinning used their newly-created subsidiary, The Danbury Mint, to strike the medallions and medals.
http://www.spacecollection.info/medal_sets/coin_sets.html
http://www.billjamie.com/Shell/Shell-Coin-Game/Man-In-Space/Man-In-Space.html
The Glendinning Company issued this set of small bronze medals in 1969 at the time of the Apollo 12 mission. The set featured a brief mission summary on the back of each medal. Subsequent releases were in aluminum and had the words "Man in Space" on the backs. Shell oil also distributed a variation that replaced the words with the shell logo instead.
Glendinning Companies, Inc. produced the game pieces, game prizes, and all the associated promotional materials. Glendinning used their newly-created subsidiary, The Danbury Mint, to strike the medallions and medals.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 80
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