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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 5289435, member: 101855&quot;]<b>Theodore Roosevelt</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>1905</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>The St. Gaudens Medal</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1221886[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Designer&nbsp; </b>Augustus St. Gaudens</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Diameter&nbsp; </b>74 mm</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Mintages&nbsp; </b>3 in gold, 125 in bronze</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Notes: </b>1905 was the only year in which there were two official inaugural medals. Theodore Roosevelt had met St. Gaudens at a dinner party a few years earlier. Their discussions drifted toward the topic of classical coins in high relief. The culmination of their meeting would be the 1907 High Relief $20 gold pieces and the $10 Indian gold coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1905 Roosevelt asked St. Gaudens to design a medal for his inauguration. St. Gaudens drafted the design, and Adolph Weinman, who was one of his assistants, crafted the dies. Weinman later designed the Mercury Dime and the Walking Liberty Half Dollar. Tiffany &amp; Co., the famous jewelers, made these medals, which were cast, not struck. Many collectors regard this medal as the most desirable piece in the inaugural medal series. The eagle on the reverse of this is very similar to the bird that appeared on the Indian $10 gold coins.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>A 1907 $10 Indian Gold Piece</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1221887[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>A 1904 Campaign Button featuring Theodore Roosevelt and his running mate, Charles Fairbanks. </b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1221888[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Theodore Roosevelt</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>1905</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>The Davison Medal</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1221889[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Designer</b> Charles Barber obverse, George Morgan reverse</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Diameter</b>&nbsp; 44 mm</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Mintages</b>&nbsp; 3,000 in bronze</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Notes:</b> The Philadelphia Mint prepared the dies for this second 1905 official medal. The dies were sent to the Joseph K. Davison’s and Sons Company in Philadelphia who struck the medals. The Inaugural Committee awarded these pieces to “second tier” workers who ranked below those who held high positions in the organizing committee and the Federal Government.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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