High Relief Presidential Art Medals

[coinsarefun]

This will show you the process that goes into making these medals
btw.............would have made cool President dollars In my opinion

Six Stage process to make the High Relief Medals      http://www.inauguralmedals.com/Inaugurals/Process/61_Set/61_set.html
Presidential Art Medals
"Presidents Series"

Designer (Obverse / Reverse):
Ralph J. Menconi

Varieties Struck:
1-1/4 inch (32mm) "high-relief" Silver
1-1/4 inch (32mm) "high-relief" Bronze
3/4 inch (18.5mm) "high-relief" Silver
3/4 inch (18.5mm) "high-relief" Bronze

In the early 1960s Presidential Art Medals, Inc. of Englewood, Ohio commissioned a series of very high relief art medals to honor the Presidents of the United States. They choose Ralph J. Menconi to design and sculpt the medals and Medallic Art Company to strike them. Menconi's exquisite work on this series earned him the nickname "sculptor of presidents." Interestingly the reverses of the 32mm medals accurately trace the evolution of the Presidential Seal. The smaller 18.5mm mini-medals use a common design with only the dates changing on their reverses.

These medals are what they call the "Pretender Presidential Inauguration Medals"

Mine are the 32mm and shows the different Presidential Seals of each one.
They are relatively inexpensive to collect and therefore a great way to start a collection

I have some in silver and brass


 





The last one is Ben Franklin, which is also a cool medal

 

[Larry]

I own almost all of the Presidential Art Medal series, in bronze only, most of which I obtained from Joe Levine.
Some of mine are Signers of the Declaration of Independence.

Here are a few...

























Here's a large Eisenhower medal, the 3" variety...

[Deagle74]

WOW cool medals both - I have only one and I hope it qualifies for this thread - it's real heavy JFK medal

[Larry]

It may be overqualified.  LOL

It's a beauty, and struck by the U.S. Mint,
I venture an official inauguration medal, though perhaps not the medal handed to JFK.  ; )

[coinsarefun]

It may be overqualified.  LOL

It's a beauty, and struck by the U.S. Mint,
I venture an official inauguration medal, though perhaps not the medal handed to JFK.  ; )

I agree..........doesn't count you have something better and the real deal
Nice one

[Deagle74]

  thx guys,
Rok