Token - Reader's Digest History of U.S. Presidents James A. Garfield
Token - Reader's Digest History of U.S. Presidents James A. Garfield
€1.00
Location
United
States
Year
1997
Type
Commemorative medal
Composition
Brass
Weight
8.7 g
Diameter
28.65 mm
Thickness
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Edge
Reeded
Period
Notice
Reference(s)
Obverse description
Obverse lettering
20TH PRESIDENT, U.S.A.
1881 DIED
JAMES A. GARFIELD
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
Reverse lettering
`TEACHER PRESIDENT`
COLONEL
TO MAJ. GENERAL
IN CIVIL WAR
FROM CONG. TO PRES.
MORTALLY WOUNDED
SIX MONTHS AFTER
INAUGURATION BY
DISAPPOINTED
OFFICE SEEKER
`NOT A MAN OF IRON, BUT OF LIVE OAK`
