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07 May 2020

Glendale Coin Club Virtual Meeting on YouTube - All Are Invited!

Coins | Michael Kittle

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Glendale Coin Club, like most other coin clubs, has been unable to have their regular meetings starting in March 2020.

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11 Jul 2015

State Quarters Approaching Pluto!

Coins | Michael Kittle

A Florida State Quarter and a Maryland State Quarter will be passing Pluto this week! As you may know, the NASA New Horizons spacecraft which launched 9 years ago is arriving at Pluto on this week. It's the first probe sent to Pluto, which was a planet when New Horizons launched, but has since been demoted to a dwarf planet. The two state quarters were put aboard the spacecraft before launch, Florida because that is where the spacecraft was launched and Maryland because that is where it was built.  Attached is a pic of the Florida State Quarter that is on the New Horizons spacecraft that is now very close to Pluto.  And if you want more information about these two quarters, here's an article about them. Very interesting to hear where the quarters came from, how they actually serve a purpose on the craft and are not just there for fun, and why they needed two of them... very cool!!!http://collectspace.com/news/news-102808a.html And for more information, photos and videos of the New Horizons mission to Pluto, check out the link:http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/

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