This is my first post so - howdy! Hope this is the right place to post my question. I've been searching for awhile now to get info on some coins that I have and while I've had no luck, my searches keep bringing me here. I'm not so much looking for a value, as to just find out more about them. When I was a kid, my grandparents brought me one of their "finds" from an Estate Sale in Arizona. It was a set of 7 pennies placed in a cardboard "setting". The setting states in the center of it "Apollo Moon Missions" and in the upper right hand corner there is a picture of an eagle with it's wings open apparently landing on SOMETHING. That something is up to debate as it's not done clearly - but it kinda looks like it's landing on a slice of the moon (not cresent - but like arched potato chip). Also printed on the cardboard is a number and date above each of the 7 coins, and below each of the coins it has the names of 3 Astronauts. That's a lot of detail about the cardboard I know - but it's much easier to describe than the pennies themselves. Each one of the pennies is imprinted with that same "date" (guessing date of the moon mission) and a different picture for each mission. That imprint appears above the year of the penny. Some of these pennies are from the same year as the mission, but some are not. All pennies appar to be shiny to the same degree, so even if they were once circulated, I would still say they were in very good condition. The "numbers" that I mentioned above the dates are numbers 11 through 17. In recent years, this made me think that this means it was a part of a series and I'm missing 1-10. (Perhaps bought by some other grandparents that day.) The imprints do not all have the same Depth, which makes me think that they were certainly not a part of something done by the mint. The dates of the missions are from 7/20/69 until 12/13/72 and the dates of the coins are from 1971 - 1974. I got this in the early to mid 80's and it's been in the same ill fitting frame ever since then. So - Any ideas what my coins are, who stamped them, or any other fun information? Thanks so much for all of your help!
Hi coinclueless,I suspect that the set you have is just a privately assembled novelty set.If you go into coin stores,they usually have these in a basket for $5-20 each.Sometimes they are as simple as all of the 7 1982 cents or 10 decades of Lincoln cents..etc. Unless your set has the name of the manufacturer on it,you may not find out more info on it.Maybe someone on this forum has a similar set. And yes,even some of us who should know better will occasionally pick up one of these,they're fun!
Well the meaning of the numbers are relatively clear. the numbers 11 through 17 correspond to the Apollo 11 through 17 missions. Those were the missions that were to land on the moon (I say "were to land..." since Apollo 13 never actually landed there). If the mission dates are actually "stamped into" the coins and not printed on the packaging then the coins have no numismatic value, that is to say, to a coin collector they are worthless. It sounds like an interesting set thoug, and if you were to find a collector of Lunar memorabilia then they might pay a nice premium for the set. Good luck!
Good evening everyone. I came accross a APOLLO MOON MISSIONS stamped penny set 11-17 appears to be in great condition. Just wondering how to go about getting them looked at. Thank you for your time
First, welcome to the neighborhood, Joshua! You may have already noticed that this thread is almost 16 years old. However, it is unlikely that you will find any dealer, today, that would be able to give you a better answer than those posted all those years ago. The only people that might have a slight interest in your coin(s) would be specialty collectors who have an interest in space memorabilia. The problem is finding them, and I doubt that they would pay very much for them.
