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20 Dollars First Space Walk
| Issuer | Government of Kiribati |
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| Year | 1993 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse commemorates the first extravehicular activity in space, depicting a Soviet cosmonaut in a full pressure suit marked with the CCCP insignia, tethered by a umbilical line and shown floating freely in the void of space against a stippled field representing the cosmos. Above and to the left, the Voskhod 2 spacecraft is rendered in detail with its distinctive solar panels and conical reentry module. The denomination 20 DOLLARS appears in two lines to the upper right, while the curved legend FIRST SPACE WALK 1965 is inscribed along the lower rim, commemorating Alexei Leonov's historic spacewalk of 18 March 1965. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | 20 DOLLARS FIRST SPACE WALK 1965 |
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