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| Location | United States |
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| Year | 1974 |
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| Reference(s) | Franklin#HUS-161 |
| Obverse description | The central field depicts President Franklin D. Roosevelt in relief, seated in the rear of an open automobile and waving to a cheering crowd surrounding the vehicle, with a flag visible in the background. A raised border frames the scene, with the legend arcing around the upper periphery and the date flanked by two stars along the lower rim. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a polished dark field enclosed within a decorative oval cartouche with ornamental corner devices. At the top, a raised cartouche bears the date 1936, and the field below is filled with an engraved multi-line text chronicling key events of that year. A small Franklin Mint mintmark appears at the bottom center of the field. |
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| Reverse lettering | 1936 JAN. 6 - Supreme Court ends Agricultural Adjustment Act; JAN. 27 - Congress passes Soldiers' Bonus Bill; JUNE - "Gone with the Wind" first published; NOV. 3 - President Roosevelt easily defeats Alfred M. Landon in Presidential election by taking every state but Maine and Vermont. |
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