Commemorative JFK Memorial Coin

Artifact
Accession Number:
80.5.1136
Date
1963
Materials
Plastic, Brass
Measurements
7.6 cm (width) 12.7 cm (length) 0.9 cm (height)
Description
Two brass coins set in plexiglass on black insert, closed with 4 plastic screws in each corner. Two memorial coins for President John F. Kennedy. Obverse of coin features likeness of John F. Kennedy's head facing left. Reverse of coin features maple leaf border, image of Canada's parliament building, and memorial text for John F. Kennedy. 

One coin faces obverse while the other faces reverse. Opposite on back side. 
 
Marks/Labels
Front of plexieglass case:
"To the memory of 
John F. Kennedy 
1917 - 1963
Canada"

Obverse of coin:
"John Fitzgerald Kennedy 1917 - 1963"

Reverse of coin:
"In tribute 
to the memory of
President
John Fitzgerald Kennedy 
United States of America
He had visions of nobility
for all mankind that transcended 
mans common heritage
Canada" 

Accession number in white on side of case. 
Category
Coin, Commemorative