Gold John F. Kennedy Medal

Hi ! I just wanted to show you the nice find I made today : a 14 kt gold John F. Kennedy medal. The fineness is written in the star (.585). The coin weighs 1,1 g , and I got it for the price of the gold contents, 30,00 $ CAD. Has anyone ever come across that medal ? I have seen one that was sold on Live Auction for way much, exactly the same thing but with a pendant. Anyway a nice thing to look at.



Good evening

Ginger

There are a couple others that bear the same reverse design, but they are in relation to different/famous figures of history. I know of a cleopatra, Queen Elizabeth II (1965 visit to Germany) and the Kennedy you have. I am not sure if there are more with this reverse design, but there are many similar.

Nice coin indeed but the values I have been seeing (realistic purchases completed) is a little over the gold content value.

Maybe you should hunt down the other two to make a trio set.

It's quite remarkable that in 2016 you can still pick up gold items for a reasonable price. I thought those days had gone forever. Long term it's hard to believe that you won't show a considerable return on your purchase.

I've never seen this particular medal before but as I've always had a soft spot for JFK (despite him being a Democrat) I've picked up quite a few medals and memorabilia over the years. Somewhere I have some giveaways from his inauguration which I guess would have some value as would anything produced prior to, or shortly after, his assassination. The ignition keys to the presidential limo are currently being auctioned with an expected price of $20,000. A friend of mine who runs a local pawn shop has one of the "Free Cuba" posters that Lee Harvey Oswald was distributing when he was arrested shortly before he became notorious. It's hard to put a value on such a thing as it could be quite easily reproduced but it's the genuine article and was used for the close up shot in a scene from the Kevin Costner movie. (The significance is the address printed on the leaflets is that of the local CIA office)

I think there will always be a healthy interest in items relating to the 1,000 days of Camelot and his assassination and that will support the price of non contemporary items.

Yes it would be great to have the two other ones, or any medals/tokens of the like. I love having surprises like that ! I found it at the numismatic store where I help whenever I can. Which means I can take many things that I get to see before anybody else The other nice thing about that medal is that I can be sure it's made of solid gold, even if it is relatively "low" gold, because of the pale color. If it were plated, it would be of a darker yellow, since it doesn't cost much to put a layer, it would be so thin. Hence they would have used a better alloy. I have, however, an Mexican wedding token that is 8 kt gold, but it is "yellower" than this medal. I bought it at the same place some years ago, thinking it was funny to have gold token for so little money. Maybe it was plated and my colleague made a mistake, maybe that's because of the core metal...

Цитата: "pnightingale"​It's quite remarkable that in 2016 you can still pick up gold items for a reasonable price. I thought those days had gone forever. Long term it's hard to believe that you won't show a considerable return on your purchase.
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​Yest it is ! That's another reason why I jumped on it.