Medal from The Lincoln Mint with John F. Kennedy; Caroline Kennedy; John F. Kennedy, Jr.

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1971

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room

Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 26.59 g, 12:00, 39 mm
Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Jerry Katz
Accession Number: 2001.87.33009
Geography: Made in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Culture: American
Period: 20th century
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: image of John F. Kennedy with young Caroline Kennedy and John F. Kennedy, Jr.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: THE LEGACY OF JOHN F. KENNEDY, image of facing profiles of girl (l.) and boy (r.) above text "Remembered as children endowed with unyielding energy, Caroline and John Jr. often enjoyed quiet moments alone with their father" above Lincoln Mint insignia.

Provenance

Jerry Katz; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., to 2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Object copyright

Additional information

Object/Work type

coins, money

Marks

on edge 1564

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