COOK ISLAND 1 DOLLAR FIRST MAN IN SPACE GAGARIN SQUARE IN SOUTH AFRICA

Cook Island 1 Dollar First Man in Space Gagarin square Silver Coloured Coin 2011 Edition Technical Specs Presentation Country:   Cook Island Metal Purity:    Silver 0.925 Box:   Yes Year of Issue:   2011 Weight:   26 CoA:   Yes Face Value:   1 dollar Dimensions:   32 x 32     Quality:   Proof     Mintage:   6000   Coin has some oxides (please check photos of item) Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was a Russian Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He was the first human to journey into outer space, when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on 12 April 1961. Gagarin became an international celebrity, and was awarded many medals and titles, including Hero of the Soviet Union, the nation's highest honour. Vostok 1 marked his only spaceflight, but he served as backup crew to the Soyuz 1 mission (which ended in a fatal crash). Gagarin later became deputy training director of the Cosmonaut Training Centre outside Moscow, which was later named after him. Gagarin died in 1968 when the MiG-15 training jet he was piloting crashed. The Yuri Gagarin Medal is awarded in his honor. ____________________________________________________  Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.