2013 PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL MEDAL RELEASED

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V16 2013 INDEX E-SYLUM ARCHIVE

The E-Sylum: Volume 16, Number 2, January 13, 2013, Article 17

I'd been wondering when we'd learn about the Official Inaugural Medal for the 2013 Presidential Inauguration. Joe Levine of Presidential Coin & Antique Co., Inc. is a distributor for the medal, and he published an email announcement this week. Here's an excerpt with images of the medal. For more information or to order, contact Joe at JLEVINE968@aol.com . Given the committee's pricing choices, the silver and gold versions are likely to be quite rare. -Editor

This handsome medal with the obverse executed by sculptor Peer Hansen will again be struck by the Medalcraft Mint, one of American's premier private mints.

The obverse bears Mr. Hansen's dual portraits of President Obama and Vice President Biden facing left. SECOND INAUGURATION is inscribed above and the date 2013 below. The reverse bears a detailed image of the U.S. Capitol with the legend above, 37th PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION. Inscribed to either side of the building is: PRESIDENT/ BARACK/ OBAMA at left, and VICE PRESIDENT JOSEPH R./ BIDEN, JR. to the right.

2 3/4" BRONZE HIGH RELIEF ART MEDAL. (70mm). The most traditional medal of the inaugural series is this high relief bronze art medal. It comes will a solid walnut stand and is housed in a deluxe two-piece Kraft presentation box. RETAIL PRICE… $50.00

2 3/4” .999 SILVER HIGH RELIEF ART MEDAL (70mm) Design as above and also packaged in a Kraft presentation box RETAIL PRICE (and at this price - certain to be a low mintage rarity!) … $1,250.00

THREE PIECE MATCHED SERIAL NUMBERED SET. The set consists of the 2 _” bronze and silver medals and a 1 _” 1 oz. 14k gold medal housed in a custom wooden presentation case... $7,500.00

STICKER SHOCK? Trust me, you are not alone! Although the protests against the prices for the silver medal and the matched set have been vociferous, we do not anticipate the Inaugural Committee lowering the prices. Their response has been along the lines of saying that they feel that the quality of the medals warrants the price.

Wayne Homren, Editor