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<p>[QUOTE="TheNickelGuy, post: 8177917, member: 20201"]<font size="6"><b>1905 Theodore Roosevelt 3 inch bronze medal</b></font></p><p><font size="6"><br /></font></p><p><font size="6"><b>[ATTACH=full]1429372[/ATTACH] </b></font></p><p><font size="6"><br /></font></p><p><font size="6"><b>[ATTACH=full]1429373[/ATTACH] </b></font></p><p><font size="6"><br /></font></p><p><br /></p><p>I bought this medal with the understanding that it may be a more recent US Mint issue from an ongoing series of US Presidents. I have seen these in small sizes and like this one in a 3 inch size.</p><p>Call me strange, but there was a certain attraction about the patina and the appearance of some handling with care.</p><p><br /></p><p>The obverse of the Theodore Roosevelt medal, originally executed in 1905, depicts a bespectacled Roosevelt facing left, while the reverse depicts Columbia, her right hand resting upon a column bearing a cinerary urn and devices symbolizing the authority of the United States, with the U.S. Capitol in the background. The obverse was designed and sculptured by U.S. Mint Chief Engraver Charles E. Barber; U.S. Mint Assistant Engraver George T. Morgan designed and sculptured the reverse.</p><p>Now I have since learned that 4 medals were issued in 1981, Jefferson one like this, FDR and Ronald Reagan. They sold out and in 2015 they were back in production.</p><p><br /></p><p>It would be nice if mine was from 1905, I would have to say it is at least from 81 by the patina and certainly unlikely it is from the 2015 mintage.</p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps there is a weight difference in the early ones or some hint in the engraving details of the medal. I do not know.</p><p>I got it cheap enough, I've seen those that are mint in plastic sealed bags fetch 3 or 4 times what I paid.</p><p><br /></p><p>So cost aside, I thought just maybe it was not a reissue. I looked up the original First and Second Inauguration Medals of Theodore Roosevelt.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1429374[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The first has a design similar to one of them but the reverse is different.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Second Inauguration of Theodore Roosevelt is something I would imagine is quite elusive and expensive as Roosevelt asked Augustus St-Gaudens to make it for him. The Eagle on the reverse is awesome.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I really have here, I just don't know but I like it and that's all that matters. It appears it commemorates both terms as President.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1429375[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TheNickelGuy, post: 8177917, member: 20201"][SIZE=6][B]1905 Theodore Roosevelt 3 inch bronze medal[/B] [B][/B] [B][ATTACH=full]1429372[/ATTACH] [/B] [B][/B] [B][ATTACH=full]1429373[/ATTACH] [/B] [B][/B][/SIZE] I bought this medal with the understanding that it may be a more recent US Mint issue from an ongoing series of US Presidents. I have seen these in small sizes and like this one in a 3 inch size. Call me strange, but there was a certain attraction about the patina and the appearance of some handling with care. The obverse of the Theodore Roosevelt medal, originally executed in 1905, depicts a bespectacled Roosevelt facing left, while the reverse depicts Columbia, her right hand resting upon a column bearing a cinerary urn and devices symbolizing the authority of the United States, with the U.S. Capitol in the background. The obverse was designed and sculptured by U.S. Mint Chief Engraver Charles E. Barber; U.S. Mint Assistant Engraver George T. Morgan designed and sculptured the reverse. Now I have since learned that 4 medals were issued in 1981, Jefferson one like this, FDR and Ronald Reagan. They sold out and in 2015 they were back in production. It would be nice if mine was from 1905, I would have to say it is at least from 81 by the patina and certainly unlikely it is from the 2015 mintage. Perhaps there is a weight difference in the early ones or some hint in the engraving details of the medal. I do not know. I got it cheap enough, I've seen those that are mint in plastic sealed bags fetch 3 or 4 times what I paid. So cost aside, I thought just maybe it was not a reissue. I looked up the original First and Second Inauguration Medals of Theodore Roosevelt. [ATTACH=full]1429374[/ATTACH] The first has a design similar to one of them but the reverse is different. The Second Inauguration of Theodore Roosevelt is something I would imagine is quite elusive and expensive as Roosevelt asked Augustus St-Gaudens to make it for him. The Eagle on the reverse is awesome. What I really have here, I just don't know but I like it and that's all that matters. It appears it commemorates both terms as President. [ATTACH=full]1429375[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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