Apollo 11 Coin Awarded at Mint Directors Conference
This coin is also a past Coin of the Year award winner.
The United States Mint’s 2019 Apollo 11 50th Anniversary 5-ounce proof silver dollar was named Best Collectible Silver Coin at the 2023 Mint Directors Conference in Ottawa, Canada, Oct. 17. Mint Director Ventris Gibson accepted the award on behalf of the Mint.
The coin is also a past Coin of the Year award winner. It was named both Best Silver Coin and Best Contemporary Event Coin in the 2021 awards program. It went on to be awarded the overall winner, the Coin of the Year.
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The obverse design features the inscriptions “MERCURY,” “GEMINI,” and “APOLLO,” separated by phases of the Moon, and a footprint on the lunar surface, which together represent the efforts of the United States space program leading up to the first manned Moon landing.
The reverse design features a representation of a close-up of the famous ‘Buzz Aldrin on the Moon’ photograph taken July 20, 1969, that shows just the visor and part of the helmet of astronaut Buzz Aldrin. The reflection in Buzz Aldrin’s helmet includes astronaut Neil Armstrong, the United States flag, and the lunar lander.
The coin has a curved shape. The footprint design is concave on the obverse, and the visor design is convex on the reverse.
