"I saw the item in the January 5 issue about the private inaugural medal designed by Jurek Jakowicz.

All references to the medal I've found mention a social media account of one kind or another as the means to contact the artist, but since I am not on social media I had to scour the internet until I found an email for him. I am sure some others are in the same boat, so I asked him if I could share his email and other details about the medal with The E-Sylum. He said that was OK. His email is: jurekjakowicz@gmail.com."

"Thank you for your interest in my Inaugural Medallion 2025 Medal is 3” bronze bas high relief sculpture which comes in delux box, wooden stand and ribbon.

I'm selling for $ 175 + S&H $ 15 (single medallion)"

"Incidentally, immediately after the election last November I wrote letters to close to a dozen people, from the candidate's close advisors and people chosen to work on his transition and Inauguration, to family members, to the president-elect himself, to urge them to avoid a repeat of 2017 and work to ensure that an official 2025 inaugural medal would be issued. I also wrote to Medalcraft Mint to let them know that I had done my part to try to get the process moving forward. So far, no one has responded, so whether or not a medal has been discussed, designed, or is perhaps even in production at this moment is still a mystery, at least to me."

Well, yesterday Coin World published an article by Paul Gilkes saying that the Medalcraft Mint has been "commissioned by the Donald J. Trump Inaugural Committee to execute production and distribution of the official Trump Inaugural medal recognizing the installation of the 47th president of the United States."

The artwork illustrating the medal is clearly different than the Jakowicz design. The article said the medals would be offered through the inaugural committee website.

I checked the U.S. Mint site and found a Trump 2017 medal on offer. It doesn't say "Inauguration" or "Inaugural" anywhere, but it does have an image of the White House on both sides, which was said last week to have been a sticking point for the 2017 official inaugural medal. It's a Mint medal, but not an inaugural medal. -Editor

On another numismatic note, I noticed in a Wall Street Journal article that a challenge coin is in the works. -Editor

Readers - let us know if you catch wind of any other information on the administration's medals, tokens etc. -Editor