MERCURY III

[harpp]

a piece of history recovered from the depths..........

 

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[vegasmtl]

Now, THAT is a cool find!

Congrats!
vegasmtl

 

[tymcmurray]

Way Cool find!!!!

 

[Leon]

Great little token, WTG!!!
Looks like the mission was just a couple of months before I was born...
Continued Good luck, & Happy hunting~

 

[bootybay]

super cool token...I was 9 yrs old when that went up.

 

[mastereagle22]

Man that is really cool and in good shape too.

 

[seger98]

Nice find..... Is that silver?

 

[BobinSouthVA]

Wow that is one cool finds. WTG

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mercury/missions/manned_flights.html

 

[strike it rich]

Loved this find any info on how many were made etc would be great thanks

 

[ModernMiner]

What a cool looking token.
Great dig.
-MM-

 

[kieser sousa/rip]

Loved this find any info on how many were made etc would be great thanks

Cool find ! harpp !
I also would like more info,I found 3 simaler tokens awile back.Mine are i think for the Apollo missions.

 

[TN-Joe]

Awesome

 

[Thomas007]

Harpp

when you said mercury i was thinking dime. this is way cooler.

Nice find.

What metal is the token?

HH

Sanat

 

[julesjunk]

what a cool find.
Very unique!.....

 

[dgaughan]

very cool token congrats and hh

 

[harpp]

thanx for all your replies! its a copper token & i also would like to know how many were made. that was the 1st manned space flight!

 

[nebstater]

That's really an "Up and Away" find. WTG