Collection Highlights
Common Sense
Date:
1776
Object Number:
LIB.Y1776.Paine.com
Medium:
Pamphlet, paper
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Museum Collections
Historical Artifacts
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Inauguration Medal
Object Number:
2380
Date:
1934
Medium:
Gilt bronze
Dimensions:
diameter: 3 in. ( 7.6 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: obverse, below bust truncation, at center: "J.R.SINNOCK. F. AD VIVUM . MCMXXXIV"
Inscription: reverse, at lower center: "J. R. S."
Description:
Gilt bronze struck medal with obverse showing clothed bust of Franklin D. Roosevelt facing right with legend: "FRANKLIN . DELANO . ROOSEVELT . PRESIDENT . OF . THE . UNITED . STATES." Reverse depicts shield with stripes and fasces surmounted by eagle; inscription: "INAUGURATED/MARCH 4.1933."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
