Introduction: 1. I organized, formed, and named the series. POTUS sGm is the acronym for President of the United States (POTUS) special Government medal (sGm). 2. A POTUS sGm is a U.S. Government agency medal struck by the Bureau of the Mint (in 1984 renamed as the U.S. Mint). No Act of Congress was required to manufacture each medal type of POTUS sGms. 3. There are 15-types of POTUS sGms (and 6 after manufacture customization). Each of the 15-types are organized by 5 Classes. 4. Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy gifted/award their own POTUS sGm. No other U.S. President has had a personalized medal (design identifies the President by full name, initials, facsimile signature, or attendance at a historical event) manufactured by the Bureau of the Mint. 5. There are several reasons of which I have found in why the U.S. Mint has not acknowledge these medals for over a half-century. 6. A presidential lore was attached to these medals but could not be proven. Some individuals turned their opinions of the presidential lore into numismatic fact which halted research. 7. Designer(s) and mintage are known for each of the 15-types of POTUS sGms. 8. An interesting photograph I took of an original news article with three medals gifted/awarded by President Eisenhower. The original news article only describes the Class 2 obverse. 9. The Paris Summit Class 2 medal. 10. The Hawaii Class 2 medal. First U.S. Mint product that features the State of Hawaii (not to be confused with the Kingdom of Hawaii issues and the Territory of Hawaii issue (i.e. 1928 Hawaiian sesquicentennial half dollar). This video contains some of the historical documents to form and organized the series. To be continued ...
1960 Paris Summit US Mint had an order placed by The White House Office for an POTUS sGm with a USSR reverse. The order was later cancelled.
