DOUGLAS MACARTHUR Congressional Medal -- # 67 in the original 1962 large "list medal" series, Gold-on-Bronze
Rare : Douglas MacArthur Congressional Medal, # 67 in the original 1962 large size Gold-on-Bronze "by act of Congress October 9, 1962"
U.S. Mint,
Frank Gasparro, sculptor, 1962, # 67
in the
full size "list medal" series. (described by numismatists as "elusive" and "very hard to find".
Even fewer were made with gold finish.
(A smaller size series of replicas was reissued in 2013)
Diameter : 3" (75 mm), original gilding
Provenance : estate of Douglas MacArthur II, thus presumably property of the family since issue in 1962
# 02211 ........................................................................ $ 595.
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