Official Presidential Inaugural Medals

bigmarty58

I have been thinking of starting a silver/bronze Official Presidential Inaugural Medals collection, any thoughts? Looking for a reference on Presidential Coin & Antique Co. Also if any members have links to storage (madallion cases for 70mm and 63mm) information on these medals.

Thank you,
-Bob

BillJones

I dabble with presidential inauguration medals. I only collect those that are not too expensive (less than $1,000) for presidents I respected or who are of historic interest to me. So far as the silver pieces go, you collection can go back to Kennedy fairly easily. The 1956 Eisenhower is scarce (1,033 minted), but doable. Beyond that the silver pieces are too rare to consider with mintages of like 1 or 2 pieces.

I have the book by Joe Levine and the earlier book that I can’t spot on my shelf at the moment. I would think that a numismatic book seller, like Charles Davis, could track one down for you at a reasonable cost.

Here are a couple of pieces I own. The Truman piece is a bit tougher because a number of them have been stained by the paper in which they were issued. There is an interesting bit of symbolism on this piece with the outlines of the common man and woman in the background. It symbolized Truman’s surprise win in the 1948 election in which the people fooled the experts with his win over Dewey.



This FDR piece from his 1945 inaugural interested me because it shows how bad his health was when he was elected his fourth term.

Trime

Bill,
Great medals. Interesting choice of presidents.

RWB

PRESIDENTIAL COIN & ANTIQUE COMPANY
Box 277
Clifton, VA 20124

H.Joseph Levine
Phone (571) 321-2121
Fax (571) 321-0696
JLevine968@aol.com

bigmarty58

Bill,

Very nice pictures and great advice on collecting these historic medals.

-Bob

p.s. Mr. Levine thank you for responding.