Medal - Valentina Tereshkova
Features
| Location |
Soviet Union
(Russia)  |
|---|---|
| Period |
Soviet Union (1922-1991)
|
| Type | Commemorative medals › Personality medals |
| Year | 1964 |
| Composition | Gold (.900) |
| Weight | 17 g |
| Diameter | 29.1 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 581117 |
| References | Shkurko# 369 Alla Semyonovna Shkurko, Andrey Yuryevich Salykov; 2005. Памятная медаль советского периода 1919-1991 = Commemorative Medals of the Soviet Period 1919-1991 (2005). Gosudarstvennyi istoricheskiĭ muzeĭ, Moscow, Russian Federation. |
Commemorative issue
Valentina Tereshkova - Space Flight of the First Woman in the World
Obverse
Head of the cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova facing right
Script: Cyrillic
Lettering:
ВАЛЕНТИНА ТЕРЕШКОВА
Г.ПОСТНИКОВ 1964
Translation:
VALENTINA TERESHKOVA
G.POSTNIKOV
Engraver: Grigoriy Nikolaevich Postnikov
Reverse
Man and rocket ship soaring into space with the date of Tereshkova's space flight, CCCP and fineness.
Script: Cyrillic
Lettering:
ПОЛЕТ В КОСМОС
ПЕРВОЙ ЖЕНЩИНЫ
В МИРЕ 16-19 · VI · 1963
СССР
900ᐤ
17 г
Translation:
SPACE FLIGHT
OF THE FIRST WOMAN
IN THE WORLD
USSR
17 g
Engraver: Grigoriy Nikolaevich Postnikov
Edge
Plain
Mint
Moscow Mint (Московский монетный двор), Russian Federation (?-date)Comments
The item was distributed outside USSR by the Bank for Foreign Trade of the USSR (Vneshtorgbank).
The reverse depicts a monument of "Glory to the conquerors of space" by architect Lev Lavrenov and sculptor Grigoriy Postnikov. It was erected in Monino (Moscow region, USSR) on 25.10.1962, in the presence of Soviet cosmonauts Yuri Gagarin, Andriyan Nikolaev and Pavel Popovich.
(image by Russian State Archive of Scientific and Technical Documentation, №1-14013)
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| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (1964) | 1 122 | ||||||||||||||
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Actual gold weight: 0.492 oz
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