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The E-Sylum: Volume 6, Number 50, November 23, 2003, Article 15
FEATURED WEB PAGE
In light of this week's anniversary of the assassination of
President John F. Kennedy, this week's featured web page
discusses the 1964 Kennedy Half Dollar."The story of the Kennedy half dollar?s inception is perhaps
best told in the words of then Chief Engraver of the United
States Mint, the late Gilroy Roberts:"Shortly after the tragedy of President Kennedy's death,
November 22, 1963, Miss Eva Adams, the Director of the
Mint, telephoned me at the Philadelphia Mint and explained
that serious consideration was being given to placing President
Kennedy's portrait on a new design U.S. silver coin and that
the quarter dollar, half dollar or the one dollar were under
discussion.A day or so later, about November 27, Miss Adams called
again and informed me that the half dollar had been chosen
for the new design, that Mrs. Kennedy did not want to replace
Washington's portrait on the quarter dollar. Also it had been
decided to use the profile portrait that appears on our Mint list
medal for President Kennedy and the President's Seal that has
been used on the reverse of this and other Mint medals.
This work was undertaken immediately, Gilroy Roberts
sculpting the portrait obverse, while his longtime Assistant
Engraver, Frank Gasparro, prepared the reverse model
bearing the presidential seal."
http://www.ecoinprices.com/kennedy-halves.htm- 2003-11-23
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