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Eisenhower Dollar Commemorative Large Bronze Medallion

Eisenhower Dollar Commemorative Large Bronze Medallion

$ 39.6

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Condition: With descriptive Medallic Art. Co leaflet. As struck. In Medallic Art Co. box
  • Composition: Bronze
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Year: 1971
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

    Description

    This 4 ounce, 2½ inch solid bronze medallion was issued in 1971 on the occasion of the reintroduction of the dollar coin to American coinage. The portrait of General Eisenhower on the obverse is the work of Jeno Juzko and was done shortly after Eisenhower became president. It is the same portrait that was selected by Mamie Eisenhower for the People-to-People Award.  The reverse, designed by Arthur Goldenberg of the Coin & Currency Institute, features for the first time on a medal actual reporductions of the diffrent types of silver dollars  issued in the USA from 1794 to 1971, including the Eisenhower dollar. The silver dollars encircling the Eisenhower and their years of issue are:
    Flowing Hair, 1794-1795
    Draped Bust, 1795,1804
    Liberty Seated, 1840-1873
    Morgan, 1878-1921
    Peace, 1921-1935
    Trade, 1873-1885
    Lafayette, 1900