1907 Assay Commission Medal - JK-AC-51, Bronze, Theodore Roosevelt

Coin Details

Description

The 1907 Assay Commission medal in bronze, cataloged as JK-AC-51, is the standard-issue companion to the silver version featuring President Theodore Roosevelt. The 1907 commission meeting was arguably the most consequential in the institution's history, as members would have examined the revolutionary new Saint-Gaudens gold coinage that began entering circulation that year. Roosevelt's dual presence — as the subject of the commission's own medal and as the driving force behind the most significant coinage redesign since the early republic — makes the 1907 Assay Commission medal a uniquely resonant artifact of Progressive Era numismatics. The bronze composition ensured broader distribution among commission members, though "broader" in this context still meant quantities measured in dozens rather than hundreds. The reverse carries the standard inscription documenting the commission's annual mandate to verify coinage standards.

Rarity Notes

JK-AC-51, bronze composition. Standard commission member distribution. Notable as the Assay Commission medal from the year of the Saint-Gaudens redesign.

Cross References

PCGS #972593; JK-AC-51; Theodore Roosevelt; 1907 Assay Commission