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TheHawaiianaNumismatist

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    TheHawaiianaNumismatist

    Posted · Edited by THN

    The skill sets of Frank Gasparro (1909 - 2001) was constantly being refined and improved. In creating "his reverse design" of the Kennedy Appreciation Medal, it further improved his acumen in implementing the presidential seal in a larger scale and as a primary design element.   My 3 points are in bold and underlined in the previous sentence.

    Frank Gasparro as an artistian/designer implements his rendition of the presidential seal adhering to the 1945 seal (with the 1959 and 1960 changes) as defined by Executive Order 9646, 10823, and 10860. I'm not sure what your intent of referencing the 1850 "document seal", as the 1960 version of the presidential seal is what Mr. Gasparro adhered to as required by law. Points 4 and 5 are in bold and underlined in this paragraph.

    Now if you focus my 5 points with the Executive Order 10860 presidential seal, is this not a precursor design when you consider that the 1962 Kennedy Appreciation medal predates the 1964 Kennedy half-dollar and both created by Frank Gasparro? I see 50 stars on both designs and not on 1850 document seal...

     

    jgenn

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    From my website :

    Hawaiiana numismatics, it is the study and/or collecting of coins, tokens, medals, paper money, scrip, and objects that have a relationship with Hawaii. Most items that are collected have a design or text related to Hawaii. The Hawaiian relationship may be in a form of its landscape; its cultures, its people, its industry, its events, its language, its customs, its celebrities, etc…

    Hawaiiana numismatics is very diverse. As some collectors call it an esoteric area.  Others call it back of the book collecting. As I can attest to it, diversity is the spice of life. How diverse? Hawaiiana numismatics has several cross-over areas that touch other collecting specialties:  SCD,  SC50C,  Alaska, WWII, Kingdom of Hawaii coins, US commemorative half dollars, Liberty Dollars (i.e. NORFED), saloon tokens, railroad tokens, plantation tokens, amusement tokens,  bakery tokens, commercial tokens,  dairy tokens,  military tokens, school tokens,  transportation tokens,  elongated tokens, encased tokens, commemorative medals,  ingot, royal medals, etc..

    Presidential artifact can now be added to this list....