Republic gold "Soviet/Cuban Space Flight" 100 Pesos 1980 MS69 NGC, Havana mint, KM52. Mintage: 1,000. The Cuban astronaut Arnaldo Tamayo Mendez was the first Latin American in a space crew in the history. Mendez, and Russian Yuri Romanenko, successfully completed the mission Soyuz 38 with docking to Orbital Station Saliut 6. They preformed several experiments, ranging from medicine, biology, and physics. HID09801242017 © 2023 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved

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