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Here is your chance to own a complete set of five (5) colorized Statehood Quarters U.S. Coins of the APOLLO 11 50th Anniversary. These Apollo 11 coins commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first human landing on the moon. On July 20, 1969, after the Apollo 1 tragedy and series of successful tests in Earth and lunar orbit, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin guided their Eagle lander to Tranquility Base on the surface of the moon while crewmate Michael Collins circled above inside the command module Columbia. The Apollo missions were the answer to a challenge issued by President John F. Kennedy to put a man on the moon. The landing marked success for the U.S. over the Soviet Union, and has since been billed as the Space Race. This remains among NASA's pinnacle achievement since its inception. These high-quality, genuine Legal Tender United States coins have been colorized using a unique painstaking multicolor authentic process by the Merrick Mint. Colorizing coins involves the unique application of special inks directly to the surface of a coin that achieves a level of detail, color saturation, and durability that is #1 in the coin industry. The result is an everlasting colorized coin collectible of ultra-high quality. Each coin comes in a premium coin capsule. The 5-coin set comes with a Certificate of Authenticity to guarantee that your coins are authentic and recognized by every monetary authority around the world, assuring its Collector Edition status. The Ohio (Features and Astronaut) and Florida Quarter (Features the Space Shuttle)...Both Coins are considered space quarters.