This medal was created along with others to commemorate the birth of President John F. Kennedy. On September 12, 1962 President John F. Kennedy addressed the campus at Rice University as an honorary visiting professor with his famous speech that said:

"There is no strife, no prejudice, no national conflict in outer space as yet. Its hazards are hostile to us all. Its conquest deserves the best of all mankind, and its opportunity for peaceful cooperation may never come again. But why, some say, the Moon? Why choose this as our goal? And they may well ask, why climb the highest mountain? Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic? Why does Rice play Texas?

 We choose to go to the Moon...

We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard; because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one we intend to win, and the others, too."

Condition = Proof
Size = 1.50" diameter x .12 thick
Material = Copper-Nickel with a gold Anodized finish
Edge = Reed
Holder = a circular NEVER OPENED plastic container

You are buying the exact medal shown in the photograph.
All shipping and handling charges cover USPS package, padded mailing envelope & Tracking.