1949 Assay Commission Medal - JK-AC-94, Bronze, United States Mint

Coin Details

Auction Record

$2,640 MS66 06-23-2020 Stack's Bowers

Description

The 1949 Assay Commission medal in bronze, cataloged as JK-AC-94, features the United States Mint as its theme rather than an individual portrait. The "AE" designation confirms the standard bronze composition distributed to commission members. The 1949 commission examined coins from a year when Truman had won his surprising election victory, confounding pollsters and solidifying his own presidential legacy. The Mint-themed design was chosen to honor the institution itself during a period of modernization and expansion — the Denver and San Francisco Mints were both active, and postwar demand for coinage continued to grow with the expanding American economy. The Annual Assay Commission continued to fulfill its constitutional mandate of independent verification, though by the late 1940s the testing procedures had been refined far beyond the rudimentary assaying methods of the eighteenth century.

Rarity Notes

JK-AC-94, bronze (AE) composition. United States Mint theme. Standard commission distribution.

Cross References

PCGS #972675; JK-AC-94; United States Mint; 1949 Assay Commission