1929 Assay Commission Medal - JK-AC-73, Bronze, Calvin Coolidge

Coin Details

Auction Record

$900 MS66 11-18-2020 Stack's Bowers

Description

The 1929 Assay Commission medal in bronze, cataloged as JK-AC-73, features President Calvin Coolidge in his sixth and final appearance on the series. The February 1929 commission meeting was among the last official functions of Coolidge's presidency before Herbert Hoover's March inauguration. The 1929 medal thus closes Coolidge's remarkable run of six consecutive portraits (1924-1929), matching the length of Theodore Roosevelt's sequence though spanning a far less eventful presidency from a numismatic perspective. The commission examined coinage from the year that would end with the catastrophic stock market crash of October 1929, though of course the February proceedings showed no premonition of the coming disaster. The bronze composition indicates standard distribution to commission members. Coolidge's laconic reputation followed him into retirement — upon leaving office he reportedly remarked that the country would survive his departure because "there ain't nothing to do."

Rarity Notes

JK-AC-73, bronze (AE) composition. Sixth and final Coolidge portrait. Standard commission distribution. Transitional medal — Hoover took office March 1929.

Cross References

PCGS #518611; JK-AC-73; Calvin Coolidge; 1929 Assay Commission