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<p>[QUOTE="leeg, post: 3448085, member: 17073"]McKinley’s body was temporarily interred at Canton, Ohio’s, Westlawn Cemetery until a suitable mausoleum, the <a href="http://www.mckinleymuseum.org/mckinley_memorial" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mckinleymuseum.org/mckinley_memorial" rel="nofollow">McKinley National Memorial</a>, could be built in the same community. George Bruce Cortelyou, who was secretary of the Treasury during the Panic of 1907, headed the committee that built McKinley’s final resting place. President Theodore Roosevelt spoke at the tomb’s dedication on Sept. 30, 1907. James Whitcomb Riley wrote a poem for the event.</p><p><br /></p><p> Collectors know the event today mainly through a series of medals, watch fobs and badges produced by Whitehead and Hoag, a privately operated mint. The centerpiece is a 2-inch silver-plated bronze medal showing the bust of McKinley on the obverse and the mausoleum on the reverse. The medal was designed by the committee’s assistant secretary, Frederick S. Hartzsell, of Canton. Henry Ryder, of Newark, N.J., engraved the dies.</p><p><br /></p><p> The Numismatist praised the medal in its October-November, 1907, issue: “A medal, appropriate in design and approaching perfection in mechanical execution, has been issued by the McKinley National Memorial Association to commemorate the dedication of the McKinley Memorial.</p><p><br /></p><p> “The few not distributed, preceding and during the dedicatory exercises, are offered for sale at fifty cents each.”</p><p><br /></p><p> While a reported 10,400 medals were struck, the medal seems uncommon today, rarely turning up at coin shows.</p><p><br /></p><p> Uncirculated pieces are hard to find. Prices tend to run $15 to $25. The medal is an inexpensive and dramatic addition to a collection.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="leeg, post: 3448085, member: 17073"]McKinley’s body was temporarily interred at Canton, Ohio’s, Westlawn Cemetery until a suitable mausoleum, the [URL='http://www.mckinleymuseum.org/mckinley_memorial']McKinley National Memorial[/URL], could be built in the same community. George Bruce Cortelyou, who was secretary of the Treasury during the Panic of 1907, headed the committee that built McKinley’s final resting place. President Theodore Roosevelt spoke at the tomb’s dedication on Sept. 30, 1907. James Whitcomb Riley wrote a poem for the event. Collectors know the event today mainly through a series of medals, watch fobs and badges produced by Whitehead and Hoag, a privately operated mint. The centerpiece is a 2-inch silver-plated bronze medal showing the bust of McKinley on the obverse and the mausoleum on the reverse. The medal was designed by the committee’s assistant secretary, Frederick S. Hartzsell, of Canton. Henry Ryder, of Newark, N.J., engraved the dies. The Numismatist praised the medal in its October-November, 1907, issue: “A medal, appropriate in design and approaching perfection in mechanical execution, has been issued by the McKinley National Memorial Association to commemorate the dedication of the McKinley Memorial. “The few not distributed, preceding and during the dedicatory exercises, are offered for sale at fifty cents each.” While a reported 10,400 medals were struck, the medal seems uncommon today, rarely turning up at coin shows. Uncirculated pieces are hard to find. Prices tend to run $15 to $25. The medal is an inexpensive and dramatic addition to a collection.[/QUOTE]
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