1956 Assay Commission Medal - JK-AC-100, Bronze, Dwight D. Eisenhower

Coin Details

Auction Record

$1,680 MS67 03-25-2020 Stack's Bowers

Description

The 1956 Assay Commission medal in bronze, cataloged as JK-AC-100, features President Dwight D. Eisenhower on the obverse for the second time. The JK-AC-100 designation marks the centennial numbered entry in the Julian-Keusch Assay Commission catalog, a milestone that documents over a century of systematic medallic production for this unique government function. The 1956 commission examined coins from a period of economic prosperity during the Eisenhower years, when Americans had high confidence in their currency and the Mint was producing coinage for an expanding consumer economy. Eisenhower's second consecutive appearance continued the presidential portrait tradition that had characterized much of the series, and his image on the Assay Commission medal would be echoed decades later on the Eisenhower dollar coin (1971-1978), which bore a portrait by Chief Engraver Frank Gasparro.

Rarity Notes

JK-AC-100, bronze composition. The 100th catalog number in the JK-AC series. Features Eisenhower. Standard commission distribution.

Cross References

PCGS #972687; JK-AC-100; Dwight D. Eisenhower; 1956 Assay Commission; 100th JK-AC entry