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1 dollar. 35th US President. John Kennedy. 2015

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Depth 2
Weight 8,1
Diameter (mm) 26,5
Mintage 11340
Material a manganese-copper plated brass
Edge of the coin (milling) with an inscription
Series Presidents
Country USA
Release date 2015
Quality UNC

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  • P - Philadelphia

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1 dollar. 35th US President. John Kennedy. 2015

Avers: portrait of President John F. Kennedy. Above the portrait, Kant coin - the inscription: "JOHN F. KENNEDY" (John F. Kennedy), the bottom of the one-line inscription: "IN GOD WE TRUST" (In God We Trust) "35th PRESIDENT" (thirty-fifth president) and during his tenure, "1961-1963."
Reverse: the image of the Statue of Liberty, the sculptor of which is Don Everhart, the inscription along the rim - «United States of America», denomination of the coin - 1 $.

Edge: 2015 mint mark (P or D) • E PLURIBUS UNUM • IN GOD WE TRUST

John Fitzgerald Kennedy - American politician, who became the 35th US president. His years of presidency (1961 - 1963) was interrupted by the murder that shook the world.

John F. Kennedy was born in May 1917 in the family of businessman and Massachusetts politics. He was educated at Harvard. Since 1941, he participated in the battles of the Pacific, was wounded and had many awards for courage. In 1946 he began his political career with a membership in the US Congress, and then - in the Senate. Possessed literary talent, received the Pulitzer Prize for his book "Profiles in Courage".

In the presidential elections in the autumn of 1960 Kennedy Democrat defeated Republican Nixon, becoming the youngest president in US history. America fell in love with him as a charismatic politician with youthful energy and promises to bring the country on the "New Frontiers". The special charm of the new president gave an elegant and charming wife Jacqueline.

Kennedy tried to revive the economy, tax cuts, increase minimum wage, expand the rights of people of color, even though Congress passed its projects with great difficulty. In relations with the socialist countries, Kennedy used the principle of "flexible response" and tried to compromise and to prevent global catastrophe. He tried to equate the rights of African Americans, to create an organization to promote the development of third countries. Launched space program "Apollo". His life fell complicated the Cuban missile crisis, a failed landing in Sydney. It strengthened the intervention of America in Vietnam.

The life of John F. Kennedy broke a shot from a sniper rifle during a motorcade in the city of Dallas. Today, on the site of the death of the president is a memorial stele, and the house where he was born, became a national museum.

Release Date: June 18, 2015

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