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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 25541232, member: 101855&quot;]The piece is actually a little darker than the picture. The spot on the coat does not bother me, given the grade of the piece. Many Harding and Coolidge pieces have a lot worse than that. </p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s hard to figure out what the original finish was on these pieces. Many of them seem to be damaged. I know this is not it, however. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1635982[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1635983[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>It may have been more like this, which a 1929 Herbert Hoover inaugural medal. The mintage for this was 1,012, which is neither hard nor easy in the series. It has sold for just over $1,000 for a long time. If this were coin with that mintage, the price would be half way out of the solar system. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1635984[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1635985[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>By 1933, the Franklin Roosevelt medal had this look. The mintage was 1,500. The late FDR pieces had this look unless they were the rare and unusual Medallic Art Company darker finish. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1635986[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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