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Space flown dime from the Mercury-Redstone 4 mission. Dime was flown with Gus Grissom aboard the Liberty Bell 7, which launched from Cape Canaveral on 21 July of 1961. Flown dime, minted in 1961, comes with a sterling silver medallion engraved with the launch date and mission title. Both are affixed to a metal loop for hanging on a necklace chain. Paper tape affixed to the medallion reads, ''66-90-31''. Some tarnishing, else near fine. From the personal estate of Gus Grissom and with an LOA from his son.
Liberty Bell 7 Space Flown Dime From Mercury-Redstone 4, the Second Manned Mission in NASA History -- From the Estate of Its Astronaut Gus Grissom
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