I have started (emphasis on the started, I have four coins) to build a collection based on coins, medals, or tokens from any country featuring John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States.
Has anyone else done something similar, collected by theme not necessarily by country or issue?
I would love to hear what people have to say.
Status changed to Solved(artemis836, 11 Jul 2020, 07:05)
I expect there are some African countries, jfk was very popular in the post colonial world. I once worked with a Ghanaian guy his name was John Kennedy Anoiki Bempa. First class millwright.
Jamais l'or n'a perdu la plus petite occasion de se montrer stupide. -Balzac
Hi artemis836
welcome to numista. Do you collect J,F,K. US 50 cent coins? If you do I think we can work something out. I have around 900 dollars in extra ones, 1971 up. We can do face value and postage. Iam really slow and work mainly
on my coins on weekends. There not much very fast with me and coins.
yours daryl
edit I have a gallon jar in the corner of my coin room 3/4 of the way full. Time to thin them out. and that is not all of them.
Cool story, when the Republic of Guinea gained independence in 1958 their new government was leaning strongly pro-Marxist and was receiving constant overtures from the USSR to work closely with them to spread global Communism. The Eisenhower Administration kind of ignored Guinea and it wasn't until JFK took power in '61 that the United States began to form a solid alliance with Guinea. JFK believed Africa was vital to the development of Western influence. This build a good working relationship between the two nations that (for the most part) has been consistent.
In 1968, the Republic of Guinea wanted to celebrate their 10 years of independence with commemorative coins issued in '69 and '70. I have the 1970 JFK/RFK coin.
