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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ericl, post: 493024, member: 2697&quot;]You are wrong. They ARE official. They were authorized by the official inaugural committee and they are medals. Thus....</p><p><br /></p><p>Sure they were minted by private mints, but since the first one was made in 1901 for the McKinley second inaugural, the medals, which were originally given away for free to dignitaries, but since 1929 have been also sold to the public, have been considered to be what they are: The <i>Official</i> inaugural medals. The ones made by the US mint are not.</p><p><br /></p><p>They help pay for the activities connected with the Inauguration, like the parade and such. As was said before, they are OFFICIAL and AUTHORIZED by the inaugural committee, these are the ONLY official medals produced for the inauguration. the US mint ones aren&#039;t commemorative of anything, but an extension of the Peace Medals given away to Indian Chiefs in the 18th and 19th centuries.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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