Medal - Rosa Parks
1999 year| Bronze | 26.08 g | 38.1 mm |
| Location | United States |
|---|---|
| Type | › Tokens |
| Year | 1999 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 26.08 g |
| Diameter | 38.1 mm |
| Thickness | 3 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Updated | 2024-11-14 |
| Numista | N#144301 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 94% |
Reverse
The reverse features the inscription “QUIET STRENGTH” centered along the top, framed by a swag of oak leaves on the left and right sides and the inscriptions “PRIDE, DIGNITY, COURAGE” and “BY ACT OF CONGRESS 1999” centered across the bottom.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
QUIET STRENGTH
PRIDE, DIGNITY, COURAGE
BY ACT OF CONGRESS 1999
Engraver: John M. Mercanti
Edge
Plain
Comment
The Rosa Parks Bronze Medal is a 1.5” replica of the Congressional Gold Medal honoring her contributions to the nation during the civil rights movement.She is recognized as the “first lady of civil rights” and the “Mother of the freedom movement,” and her quiet dignity ignited the most significant social movement in the history of the United States. Parks was arrested on December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white man, and her stand for equal rights became legendary.
