1937 Franklin D. Roosevelt Second Inaugural Medal. By Joseph Anthony Atchison. Dusterberg-OIM 9B76, MacNeil-FDR 1937-3. Bronze. Very Choice Mint State.76 mm. Exceptional preservation for the type, this lovely golden-bronze example reveals tinges of slightly warmer patina in some of the protected areas around the design elements. The surfaces are smooth in hand, close inspection with a loupe revealing a fine grain sandblast texture to the finish. A Gem were it not for a few widely scattered carbon flecks that are easily forgiven. From a mintage of 1,006 in this composition (less about 90 pieces melted for the war effort in 1942).
