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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
United States |
| Design Description: |
INAUGURAL MEDALS - LEVINE Official Inaugural Medal by Barbour and Morgan |
| Item Description: |
44mm 1905-DATED L-TR-3 THEODORE ROOSEVELT OFFICIAL INAUGURAL MEDAL |
| Full Grade: |
MS Select |
| Owner: |
Charmed Zoey |
Owner Comments:
This medal was done by Charles Barber and George Morgan. This is the medal that started the ball rolling in regards to getting rid of the current coinage at the time that were designed by Barber. President Roosevelt did not like the medal at all. He said that Barber just changed the date on the back and used the same medal that was done in 1901. He thought Barber was lazy and his coins as "atrocious hideousness". He disliked it so much that he contacted Augustus St. Gaudens and asked him to make him a medal for the 1905 inauguration. St Gaudens told him that his assistant, Adolph Weinman would do all the physical work on the medal. He urged him not to use the US Mint to make the medal knowing it would cause issues with Barber, and it did. Roosevelt liked it and this opened the door for Weinman as a talented coin/medal designer.