Curious 1901 McKinley Assassination Silver Medal - About Uncirculated/Loupe Added U.S. Mint key to the series

key to the series

Mintage: 27

It consists of a heraldic eagle with a shield on its breast holding a symbolic olive branch and bundle of 13 arrows

Struck as part of the celebration of the opening of the Panama Canal these coins were stuck at the San Francisco mint and sold for $1 during the exposition

The reverse displays the traditional territorial seal which includes a forearm holding a pickaxe over a mount of lead ore

Curious 1901 McKinley Assassination Silver Medal - About Uncirculated/Loupe Added U.S. Mint key to the seriesThis odd 32mm medal depicts both the place of McKinley's assassination and the location of his death (Temple of Music and Milburn House). Issued during the last weeks of the 1901 Pan Am Expo this medal is scarce indeed this is the only specimen we have ever come across.