(1970s)-D Medal Lyndon B. Johnson 34mm Inaugurated 1965

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Description

This 34mm Denver Mint presidential medal features Lyndon B. Johnson with the notation "Inaugurated 1965." Johnson assumed the presidency after Kennedy's assassination in 1963 and won election in his own right in 1964 by one of the largest margins in American history. His Great Society program produced the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act, Medicare, Medicaid, Head Start, and federal aid to education — the most ambitious domestic legislation since the New Deal. However, the Vietnam War destroyed his presidency and divided the nation. American political campaign medals and tokens constitute one of the richest collecting areas in numismatics, documenting every presidential contest from the nation's earliest elections through the modern era in tangible metallic form. The Denver Mint series medal, noting his 1965 elected inauguration rather than his 1963 succession, emphasizes his legitimate electoral mandate.

Rarity Notes

Denver Mint 34mm presidential medal, 1970s. Lyndon B. Johnson. Part of comprehensive presidential series.

Cross References

PCGS #922168; Denver Mint presidential medal series; Lyndon B. Johnson; inaugurated 1965