1965 Assay Commission Medal - JK-AC-109, Bronze, Lyndon B. Johnson

Coin Details

Auction Record

$900 MS65 03-25-2020 Stack's Bowers

Description

The 1965 Assay Commission medal in bronze, cataloged as JK-AC-109, features President Lyndon B. Johnson during the transformative year when the Coinage Act of 1965 eliminated silver from American dimes and quarters. Johnson signed the act on July 23, 1965, ending 173 years of silver in smaller denomination coinage. The "AE" designation confirms the standard bronze composition. The 1965 commission tested coins from 1964, the last year of 90% silver coinage, making their proceedings a historical milestone. The new clad coinage that would replace silver used a copper-nickel sandwich composition that the Assay Commission would need to test using different standards and procedures. Johnson's appearance on the medal during this watershed year in American monetary history gives the 1965 Assay Commission medal particular significance for numismatic historians documenting the end of the silver era.

Rarity Notes

JK-AC-109, bronze (AE) composition. Features LBJ during the year silver was removed from U.S. coinage. Standard commission distribution. Historically significant date.

Cross References

PCGS #514243; JK-AC-109; Lyndon B. Johnson; 1965 Assay Commission; Coinage Act of 1965