1964 Assay Commission Medal - JK-AC-108, Bronze, Lyndon B. Johnson

Coin Details

Auction Record

$1,320 MS63 03-29-2023 Stack's Bowers

Description

The 1964 Assay Commission medal in bronze, cataloged as JK-AC-108, features President Lyndon B. Johnson on the obverse. Johnson had assumed the presidency following Kennedy's assassination on November 22, 1963, and the 1964 medal was produced during the intense early months of his administration. The "AE" designation confirms the standard bronze composition. The 1964 commission tested coins from the final year of full silver coinage production — the Mint struck record quantities of silver coins in 1964 in a futile attempt to meet demand, even dating 1965-production coins as 1964 to maximize the supply of silver-bearing denominations. Johnson's presidency would see the Coinage Act of 1965, which eliminated silver from dimes and quarters and reduced the half dollar's silver content, fundamentally changing the composition of American coinage for the first time since the founding of the Mint.

Rarity Notes

JK-AC-108, bronze (AE) composition. Features LBJ. Standard commission distribution. The last commission to test fully silver-composition coinage.

Cross References

PCGS #517773; JK-AC-108; Lyndon B. Johnson; 1964 Assay Commission