SARASOTA, Fla. (July 18, 2019) — An extremely rare gold medal graded by Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® (NGC®) that traveled on the Apollo 11 mission to the moon realized $2,055,000 at an auction held on the mission’s 50th anniversary. It is one of the highest prices ever paid for a medal, and it is the highest price realized to date for any item from the Armstrong Family Collection, which comprises items saved by astronaut Neil Armstrong and his immediate family members
The Perth Mint is offering investors the chance to acquire Australian gold and silver bullion coins celebrating the 50th anniversary of mankind’s first landing on the moon.
What many may not know is that Australia played a fascinating role in the historic events of July 1969. With a “dish” measuring 64 meters in diameter, CSIRO’s Parkes radio telescope in New South Wales was one of three observatories chosen to receive TV signals from more than 350,000 kilometers away
I had a brief conversation yesterday with a greeter at Wal-mart.
I had stopped by to pick up a list of miscellaneous things that I needed.
I told the greeter I was there because I did not want to be around for the huge crowds of Black Friday