1908 Assay Commission Medal - JK-AC-52, Bronze, Theodore Roosevelt

Coin Details

Description

The 1908 Assay Commission medal in bronze, cataloged as JK-AC-52, closes the six-year Theodore Roosevelt sequence on the series. As the standard-issue bronze version distributed to commission members, this piece represents the final opportunity for participants in the annual assay proceedings to receive a medal bearing Roosevelt's portrait during his presidency. The 1908 medal thus bookends a remarkable medallic chronicle: from 1903, when Roosevelt was a young president who had inherited the office through tragedy, through 1908, when he stood as one of the most consequential chief executives in American history. The Assay Commission medal program continued for nearly seven more decades after this issue, but no subsequent president would match Roosevelt's six consecutive appearances. The bronze composition and standard format place this among the more accessible examples in the Roosevelt Assay Commission series, though all pre-1920 Assay Commission medals are genuinely scarce.

Rarity Notes

JK-AC-52, bronze composition. Final year of the Roosevelt six-year sequence. Standard commission member issue. All early 20th century Assay Commission medals are scarce.

Cross References

PCGS #972597; JK-AC-52; Theodore Roosevelt; 1908 Assay Commission