Apollo 11 Splashdown

Silver Round 1oz .999 Fine Silver Mintage with Serial 5,000

Over the course of more than a week in 1969, NASA astronauts from the United States of America achieved something that humanity had never achieved before. The crew of Apollo 11 left Earths boundaries on July 16, 1969, and did not return until the command module splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on July 24^th. The 1 oz Apollo 11 Splash Down Silver Round is currently available to you for purchase online from JM as a proof-like specimen.

An exciting North American Mint series celebrates each step along the way. Today, 1 oz Apollo 11 Liftoff Silver Rounds are available!

Round Highlights:

Available to you inside of a protective air-tite capsule!

8th release in the Apollo 11 Series!

Limited mintage of only 5,000 rounds!

Contains 1 Troy oz of .999 pure silver

Obverse captures the command module after splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.

Reverse depicts the image of an American bald eagle landing on the moon, the mission patch of Apollo 11.

Proof-like specimens with edge-lettered serial numbers.

he Apollo 11 spacecraft consisted of three separate modules when launched from Merritt Island, Florida. The craft featured a command module to house the astronauts, a lunar lander for landing on the moons surface, and a service module that supported the command modules propulsion, electrical power, water, and oxygen.

Of these three modules, only the command module would return to the Earth with the astronauts following their mission to the moon. As the command module made its return toward Earth around July 24^th, the tracking station on the American territory of Guam in the South Pacific momentarily lost connection with the crew. However, the command module eventually touched down in the Pacific Ocean and was retrieved the aircraft carrier USS Hornet.

On the obverse side of the 1 oz Apollo 11 Splash Down Silver Rounds is the image of the Columbia command module floating on the surface of the Pacific Ocean following splash down after reentry. Next to the command module in the water is a small raft with US Navy personnel from a specialized recovery team sent to retrieve the crew from the Columbia.

The reverse of 1 oz Apollo 11 Liftoff Silver Rounds is the common design element that will feature throughout the collection. The design depicts an American bald eagle clutching an olive branch in its talons as it comes to rest on the Moon. This is similar to the mission patch of the Apollo 11 crewmembers and was appropriate given the name of the lunar module for landing was Eagle.

These are beautifully crafted rounds that few will have the opportunity to own. The low mintage of 5000 means they will quickly disappear from the market. Others are minted in the millions, with pieces always flooding the secondary market.