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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 3650397, member: 101855"]Not necessarily. The Kennedy silver inaugural medal is less expensive because the inaugural committee made a strong effort to sell them. Prior to then, the silver medals had been made in very small quantities and sometimes only given to second echelon inauguration offices. The top guy got a gold medal, along with the president and vice president. The next level of officials got silver.</p><p><br /></p><p>For example, in 1941 and ’45, only two silver medals were issued for FDR. For Truman in ’49 there were nine. For Eisenhower the number went up to 813 in ’53 and 1,000 in ’57. The Kennedy silver medal hit 7,500 in ’61, which has proven to be an oversupply.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]980555[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]980556[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the Kennedy medal in bronze. The mintage 53,331. That is quite high for an inaugural medal.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]980558[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]980559[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 3650397, member: 101855"]Not necessarily. The Kennedy silver inaugural medal is less expensive because the inaugural committee made a strong effort to sell them. Prior to then, the silver medals had been made in very small quantities and sometimes only given to second echelon inauguration offices. The top guy got a gold medal, along with the president and vice president. The next level of officials got silver. For example, in 1941 and ’45, only two silver medals were issued for FDR. For Truman in ’49 there were nine. For Eisenhower the number went up to 813 in ’53 and 1,000 in ’57. The Kennedy silver medal hit 7,500 in ’61, which has proven to be an oversupply. [ATTACH=full]980555[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]980556[/ATTACH] Here is the Kennedy medal in bronze. The mintage 53,331. That is quite high for an inaugural medal. [ATTACH=full]980558[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]980559[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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