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Collecting Spaceflight Coins, Part 2

17th February 2021 Going Postal 0

The previous article I did about collecting space coins was quite broad; I included quite a few examples of all ages, sizes and themes. Since then I’ve added several more items to the holding; well, [more…]

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Collecting Spaceflight Coins

19th November 2020 Going Postal 0

Several attempts at an article have been made by me during the past year or two, but they have never made it past the “put flesh on the bones” stage. Having assessed a few more [more…]

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