The US Mint selected one particular of the most renowned and enduring photos from NASA’s 1969 Apollo 11 mission to embellish a sequence of commemorative coins dedicated to the moon landing. Of course, it really is a footprint.
NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin photographed the indentations still left by his spacesuit boot on the dusty lunar area. That mark motivated the Mint’s style, which requires a minor creative license by filling in the shadows. 
The obverse artwork will come from Maine sculptor Gary Cooper, who provided an inscription looking through Mercury, Gemini and Apollo to mark the NASA plans that led up to the 1st crewed moon landing.
The reverse style will come from Mint sculptor and engraver Phebe Hemphill, who developed a moon scene exhibiting Neil Armstrong, the US flag, and the lunar lander. It really is dependent on a photo taken by Armstrong of Aldrin with a reflection of that scene in Aldrin’s helmet visor.
1 uncommon characteristic is that the cash will be curved so as to mirror the curve of Aldrin’s visor. The Mint formerly unveiled a curved baseball glove coin in 2014.
The commemorative cash will be a $five gold coin, a normal-dimension $one silver coin, a 50 percent-greenback clad coin, and a five-ounce $one silver evidence coin. The cash will be offered in 2019, even though the Mint has not but declared a launch day.