Inauguration medals are issued and sold to commemorate US Presidents' assumption of office. Usually tens of thousands of medals are produced, so there are plenty to go around. Typical prices range from $20 to $500, depending on condition and date of issue. They are usually made of bronze, although some come in silver and gold.
The US Mint still sells some of these medals which are re-strikes of prior presidents. If you find a John Adams medal packaged in a polyethylene bag with a plastic display stand, it was not produced when President Adams was alive. It is a re-strike worth $20 or so. If you find an Adams medal paper-packed in the bottom of your great great great grandma's trunk in the attic, it may be an original and worth $500 or more. If in doubt, consult a knowledgeable collector or coin dealer, or send it to an authentication service: PCGS, NGC, ICG, or ANACS (find these on the Internet. Do not use other services).
Medals issued in precious metal are worth their weight in the metal, plus a few US dollars for collector premium. If you have a medal for sale, anticipate at least a 100 percent mark-up between what your item would sell for at retail versus what a dealer will pay to add it to their inventory.
Watch out also for imitations. Red's medal is probably an unofficial copy, since the true Eisenhower medal is dated 1953, while Red's is dated 1955. Imitations are worth very little.
Aside from the obvious defects in the pattern, fake medals usually have mushy, weak details. There is a good discussion of this medal over at the Coin Doctor.
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The Constitution does not say what the swearing-in must include. While most Presidents-elect chose a Bible, as George Washington did, John Quincy Adams used a book of law, and Teddy Roosevelt did not use any book.
There, Washington gave the shortest Inaugural address on record—just 135 words —before repeating the oath of office. Every President since Washington has delivered an Inaugural address.
Though it is not a constitutional requirement, the Chief Justice of the United States typically administers the presidential oath of office. Since 1789, the oath has been administered at 59 scheduled public inaugurations, by 15 chief justices, one associate justice, and one New York state judge.
Harrison delivered the longest inaugural address to date, running 8,445 words. He wrote the entire speech himself, though it was edited by soon-to-be Secretary of State, Daniel Webster. Webster said afterwards that in the process of reducing the text, he had "killed seventeen Roman proconsuls".
Thomas Jefferson was known as an inventor and tinkerer. But this time he was tinkering with something held sacred by hundreds of millions of people: the Bible. Using his clippings, the aging third president created a New Testament of his own—one that most Christians would hardly recognize.
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