Canadian Mint has issued a special delta shaped Star Trek insignia coin for Star Trek: The Original Series’ first release in 1966, now 50 years ago. Mints have been known to issue special coins for special occasions. And this is such an occasion; it has been 50 years since the first episode of Star Trek: The Original Series aired. What makes it even more special is it shape, most coins are round or have an octagon shape. The arrowhead shaped coin, which is designed by Susanna Blunt, mimics that of the iconic Delta Shield Insignia. Those insignias were worn by the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise and became the identifying emblem of Starfleet.
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With such a special occasion the mint issues a limited amount of coins, in this case 1.500 pieces; the mintage. Unfortunately for those living outside the United States and Canada, we are not eligible to buy it directly from the mint. But there are ways to buy them outside the United States and Canada if someone would like to buy them (go to a coin dealer in your country, they can buy it for you.) With such a collectable item it is no wonder that the mintage has been sold out. If you are hoping that they will release another mintage of this design, I hate to burst your bubble, but that is highly unlikely. So gone is gone in this case.
But if you fancy another memorabilia commemorating Star Trek: The Original Series 50th anniversary, the Canadian Mint has issued other Star Trek: The Original Series related coins for the, not as special as the insignia shaped one but still a collector’s item none the less.
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And yes commemorating coins are legal tenders, unless otherwise stated, so you can buy stuff with it. But let’s be honest who in their right mind would trade their Star Trek ™: Delta Coin for just 200 Canadian Dollar worth of stuff
For more information on the “Star Trek ™: Delta Coin” see the link here.