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Show MEDALLION HELD AS CURIO Only One of a Number Struck In 1825 IH Is Believed to Be In Existence H Today, H Tf flefruy the expenses Incident to U the liuiiigurutlon or .lolin Quiucy Ad- M sins us Ibe sixth I'resltlent of tho H Unltetl Slitles In 1825, tho Inaugural H cojnnilllci' Mild iiiediilllons lit $5 each. H I'lvi! dollars wax conxlderablo money in , M llm-i' (Iii)h, mid the owner of u medal- H llnu was eiiiltled to special considers- (H 1 1on nt the Inaugural ceremoiilea. jffl Ah iiiiii'Ii us the medallions wera mjM prized ll.'i years ago, It Is belluvcd that H only diii' i-xImin today, the praperty of , H J. A, l.nrrlek, u policeman detailed to M Wiifhlngloii police heiifhiuarters. HH Thu Ailsms mcilalllou was given to H I.arrli-k in yenrs ngo by IMward Mur- H phy, who Is now deud. Murphy's fu- 91 I her, who witnessed the. Inauguration Ii of Hri'ildfiit Adams, was thu original lj piiiTlniHi-r of tin; medal. SI At the time he was prcM'iitfd wltlt fl t lie nifdiillloti, l.iirflck was a poller- 11 mail In the First precinct. Murphy IB wiih mi iiKrd bookkeeper. I.arrlcU on III evlll ocoisIiiiik nxiilsled the old fcl- BJ low mill tlu meiliilllfiii was his ie- U ward. M 'J'rnbiibly llw iiiost strlltlng tblng. M about I hit iiiednlllou Is Its Inscription,. U ".Scleiice Urlngs I'eacu mid America ' H J'lfiity," ,M |