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Official Presidential Inaugural MedalsAND OTHER RELATED MEMORABILIALot 155but we will let that effort to someone else. ($2500-3500)FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, 1933156. OFFICIAL MEDAL. FDR 1933-3; Marqusee 254; Murtha 332.76.2mm. Thin (4mm at 6:00) planchet. Bronze. Paul Manship, Sc.( U.S. Mint ). Choice Uncirculated, but with a tiny dig on FDR’scheek. Obverse with a profile of Roosevelt to the left in such highrelief that it took 12 strikes from the great hydraulic presses at theMint to bring out its final details. The reverse was suggested byRoosevelt himself; a depiction of the U.S.S. Constitution, “OldIronsides”, surrounded by Longfellow’s famous lines, “Thou too sailon, O Ship of State, Sail on, O Union, strong and great.” Beneaththe ship, Manship placed a winged woman meant to represent thepresent day “Ship of State. Many collectors believe this to be thehandsomest of all the bronze inaugural medals. 1500 of them wereIf you are even a mildly serious collectorof medals, you should consider joining theMedal Collectrors of Americaorganization. Its primary purpose is toserve collectors of world and U.S. artand historical medals. Much usefulinformation can be found of its internetsite (www.medalcollectors.org)as well as information on how to join.struck by the U.S. Mint. (I+)Lot 156FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, 1937157. OFFICIAL MEDAL. FDR 1937-3. 76mm. Bronze. JosephAnthony Atchison, Sc. (Medallic Art Co. Nice Uncirculated. Theobverse bears a bust of Roosevelt to the right surrounded by a twoline legend in incused letters: FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELTSECOND INAUGURATION JAN. 20 1937/ 1933 1941 31STPRESIDENT. The reverse bears a portrait of Garner to the left andan incused lettered legend: JOHN NANCE GARNER 32ND VICEPRESIDENT.the 1937 medal is the only one where the President’s portraitappears on one side and the Vice President’s on the other. It has thedistinction of having the lowest mintage of any of the four publiclyoffered Roosevelt official medals. 1,006 were originally struck. 9037H