Medal from The Lincoln Mint with John F. Kennedy

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1971

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room

Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 26.63 g, 12:00, 38.8 mm
Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Jerry Katz
Accession Number: 2001.87.33021
Geography: Made in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Culture: American
Period: 20th century
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: Image depicting JFK greeting members of a crowd in front of the Eiffel Tower.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: THE LEGACY OF JOHN F KENNEDY, image of World map above text "The huge, enthusiastic crowds that cheered JFK throughout his European tour of 1963 attested that he had become a world leader," 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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