Ben V. writes:Â What is the furthest distance from Earth that a coin, U.S. or otherwise, has been? Did any of the Apollo Astronauts take (or better yet, leave behind) any coins with them to the Moon? Are there any coins on board any of the unmanned space probes that are drifting about the Solar system? I think it would be really cool to know just how far our money really can go.
I think it was the Surveyor spacecraft that took lots of great photos of the outer planets and then left the solar system. I think it contained a medallic portrait of a man and a woman plus a recording of nature sounds, rock music and a few Nixon aides singing at the impeachment hearings. They should have included coins. In a few years, they might have been the only un-slabbed coins in the universe.
