Coin in This Year's Super Bowl Is Out of This World

Literally—it was on Atlantis spaceflight
By Polly Davis Doig,  Newser Staff
Posted Feb 7, 2010 12:33 PM CST
Coin in This Year's Super Bowl Is Out of This World
General David H. Petraeus, commander of the United States Central Command, performs last year's Super Bowl coin toss.   (Getty Images)

By the time the coin in this year's Super Bowl lands heads or tails tonight, it will have more than 4 million miles under its belt, reports Space.com. The gold-plated coin accompanied shuttle Atlantis on its 11-day mission in November, and is the first to have flown in space that will be used in a Super Bowl. The mint that produced it will release 10,000 duplicates.
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