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Hi, I found a coin today, it is a john and Robert Kennedy coin. There faces are in profile facing the left and around the edge it says john f Kennedy 1963 and Robert keneddy 1968. On the other side there is a man holding a dagger in his right hand and a cross in his left, he is also wearing a crown the word aureum is around the edge.

Is it important?

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Chris,

It's not a U.S. Mint item -- best I can deduce is that it's possibly from Italy (aureum is a Roman word for gold coin), or that it's a privately minted medal.

In any case, its value will only be for whatever gold or silver it may contain -- otherwise it is worth maybe a dollar or two to a medal collector.

I hope this helps,

Dan

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