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1 Ducat - Aureus Magnus Apollo 8
| Issuer | Germany, Federal Republic of |
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| Year | 1968 |
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| Value | 1 Ducat |
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| Obverse description | Conjoined draped busts of the three Apollo 8 astronauts — Borman, Anders, and Lovell — facing right, depicted wearing space helmets with visors, rendered in high relief. The United States coat of arms appears in the lower field beneath the busts. The surrounding legend, divided by decorative asterisk ornaments, reads LUNAM CIRCUMIERUNT above and BORMAN · ANDERS · LOVELL below, all in incuse Latin lettering along the rim. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Stylized cartographic depiction of the Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission, showing planet Earth in the lower left field and the Moon in the upper right field, connected by an elliptical orbit trace representing the spacecraft's trajectory. A six-armed decorative cross motif appears in the upper left field. The design elements are rendered in a clean, modern engraving style against a polished field. The mission dates appear as the sole legend in the field: 21-27 XII 1968. |
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