The Apollo 17 Robbins Medal — NASA’s Great Rarity Worth Almost $60,000
To auction, sell or consign your Apollo 17 Robbins Medal, please email your description and photos to [email protected] of Nate D. Sanders Auctions (http://www.NateDSanders.com).
Apollo 17 Robbins Medal
Only 80 Apollo 17 Robbins medal coins were flown to the moon, making the Robbins medal from the last flight to the moon the rarest and most expensive. We sold one for over $56,000. Nowadays, Robbins medals are quite collectible, but given the rarity of the Apollo 17 Robbins medal, it sells for about 50% more than the most desirable Robbins medal, the more plentiful Apollo 11 Robbins medal. Here are two Apollo 17 Robbin medallions that we have sold:
Jack Swigert’s Own Apollo 17 Flown Robbins Medal, Serial Number 41
Apollo 17 Robbins medal, serial number 41. Sterling silver medal commemorates Apollo 17 as the most recent lunar landing conducted by NASA to date. The mission launched 7 December 1972 and returned safely twelve days later. Pictorial obverse is cast with mission insignia, featuring stylized design elements of the U.S. flag and an eagle, alongside a bust in profile of Greek god Apollo. Figures are set against a detailed space ground featuring the moon and ringed planets. Scene is circumscribed by title, ”Apollo XVII / Cernan-Evans-Schmitt”. Reverse reads, ”Launch / Dec. 6, 1972 / Taurus-Littrow / Dec. 11, 1972 / Entry / Dec. 19, 1972”, circumscribed, ”America – Challenger / Apollo XVII The Beginning”. Coin measures 1.25” and is made of sterling silver, housed in its original ”Robbins Company” plastic box with an ”41” sticker on the bottom. Fine. With an LOA from Apollo 13 astronaut Jack Swigert’s sister. A superb Apollo 17 Robbins medal flown. Sold for $56,250.
Flown Robbins medal from Apollo 17, one of only 80 flown medallions and therefore the scarcest of the Apollo missions. Medal has the low serial number of 30 stamped on the rim, along with ”F” for flown and the Robbins sterling mark. With the raised mission insignia on the obverse, featuring the profile of Apollo, the Greek sun god, along with the surnames of the crew: Gene Cernan, Ron Evans and Harrison Schmitt. Reverse features the launch, landing and return dates, along with ”Taurus-Littrow”, the landing site on the moon, encircled by ”America XVII”, ”America-Challenger” and ”The Beginning”. Robbins sterling mark and ”F30” appear on the edge. Medallion measures 1.375” in diameter. Near fine condition. From the personal collection of astronaut Story Musgrave and with his LOA. Sold for $26,969.
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