1972 Assay Commission Medal - JK-AC-116, Bronze, John B. Connally

Coin Details

Description

The 1972 Assay Commission medal in bronze, cataloged as JK-AC-116, features John B. Connally, who served as Secretary of the Treasury in 1971-1972 under President Nixon. Connally is best known historically for being seriously wounded while riding in President Kennedy's limousine during the 1963 assassination in Dallas, but his Treasury tenure was equally consequential — he was the architect of the "Nixon Shock" of August 1971, when the United States unilaterally ended the convertibility of the dollar to gold, effectively terminating the Bretton Woods international monetary system. The "AE" designation confirms the standard bronze composition. Connally's appearance on the Assay Commission medal honored a Treasury Secretary who had overseen one of the most significant changes in international monetary policy since World War II, fundamentally altering the relationship between the dollar and gold that had underpinned the global economy for decades.

Rarity Notes

JK-AC-116, bronze (AE) composition. Features John B. Connally, architect of the Nixon Shock ending dollar-gold convertibility. Standard commission distribution.

Cross References

PCGS #972712; JK-AC-116; John B. Connally; Secretary of the Treasury; 1972 Assay Commission; Nixon Shock 1971