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Message:: [QUOTE="TheNickelGuy, post: 8242505, member: 20201"]1981 Ronald Reagan3 inch bronze medals [ATTACH=full]1450934[/ATTACH] The Mint reissued medals commemorating Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan once again in November 2015. This one was probably an original from the first strikes in 1981. 1981 Ronald Reagan Yosemite National Park3 inch bronze medal [ATTACH=full]1450933[/ATTACH] The obverse feature a portrait of the president with inscriptions‘RONALD REAGAN’ and ‘PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES’. The reverse feature the Half Dome in Yosemite National Park with inscriptions‘LET US RENEW OUR FAITH AND OUR HOPE’and‘WE HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO DREAM HEROIC DREAMS’from the Reagan’s Inaugural Address.also ‘INAUGURATED JANUARY 20, 1981’ and ‘YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK’.Struck at Philadelphia Mint, the medals are produced in two sizes using blanks made of 90% copper and 10% zinc. The larger 3-inch medals have much higher reliefs and are struck multiple times on hydraulic presses and hand finished. They are six times costlier than the smaller coins. A scroll saw artist did this framed portrait for me, apparently from this photo.It hangs in my man cave with other treasures on the wall. I guess it's 10x14 and the wood is 1/4 inch thick that he cut out the design. [ATTACH=full]1450935[/ATTACH] 1981 Ronald ReaganMedallic Art CoPresidential Bronze Medal [ATTACH=full]1450936[/ATTACH] I count he was an actor in about 69 films and appeared on many television shows. One of his most famous movie roles was in 1940, he played the role of George "The Gipper" Gipp in the film Knute Rockne, All American.I like the roles he played in Western films and TV shows. Governor of California 1967–1975 Two term conservative Republican as President of the US.When Reagan left office in 1989, he held an approval rating of sixty-eight percent, one of the highest ratings for departing presidents in the modern era. [ATTACH=full]1450938[/ATTACH] March 30, 1981 Reagan, his press secretary James Brady, Washington police officer Thomas Delahanty, and Secret Service agent Tim McCarthy were struck by gunfire from would-be assassin John Hinckley Jr.Although "close to death" upon arrival at George Washington University Hospital, Reagan was stabilized in the emergency room, then underwent emergency exploratory surgery.He recovered and was released from the hospital on April 11, becoming the first serving U.S. president to survive being shot in an assassination attempt. August 1984, Reagan made the following joke: Quote:"My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes." Reagan was a fan of Jelly Beans. Although he had planned an active post-presidency, Reagan disclosed in November 1994 that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease earlier that year. Afterward, his informal public appearances became more infrequent as the disease progressed, finally dying of pneumonia due to the Alzheimer's. [ATTACH=full]1450937[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]

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