Medal from The Lincoln Mint with John F. Kennedy

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1971

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room

Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 27.36 g, 12:00, 39 mm
Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Jerry Katz
Accession Number: 2001.87.33025
Geography: Made in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Culture: American
Period: 20th century
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: BAY OF PIGS, bust of Kennedy above scene of troops landing at the Bay of Pigs.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: THE LEGACY OF JOHN F. KENNEDY, image of Cuba above text "John F. Kennedy accepted full responsibility for the Cuban Exile Brigade's disastrous invasion of Cuba." Lincoln Mint insignia at bottom.

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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