Meticulously designed, this dazzling tribute to Kennedy's passion for America to lead the journey into space features a highly detailed engraving of JFK delivering his famous "Man on the Moon" speech on the obverse. Although he was assassinated before American successfully landed a man on the moon, he is credited with leading the push to space exploration.
On September 12, 1962, President Kennedy delivered these profound words at Rice University in Houston, Texas.Kennedy was passionate in his belief that our nation should lead the space effort in order to retain a position of leadership in the world. A tracking station was built by NASA on Ascension Island, giving it a direct link to the Apollo 11 mission. Kennedy, Septem- Rice University in Houston, Texas Struck on behalf of Ascension Island by the Pobjoy Mint, this fantastic proof-like crown honors the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. Edwards Auctioneering / February 10th-13th Coin Auctions / SPACE COIN (MISSION APOLLO 11/FIRST MAN ON THE M. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too." Kennedy's Man on the Moon Speech Commemorative Coin Pobjoy Mint is delighted to announce the release of a coin which commemorates the 50th Anniversary of the First Man on the Moon which includes the official NASA logo, special permission has been granted by the National Aeronautics & Space Administration in the USA.
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