Obama Biden Inaugural Medallion... Almost
June 6, 2013
During the Winter of 2012 and into January of 2013, Merck created a double portrait of the president and vice-president and submitted it to the official Second Inaugural Medallion Committee. A die was struck and a one sided, Obverse only medallion was also submitted to the Committee. Although the piece was not chosen by the Committee, the medalist was glad to have worked with the familiar material of plastecine after having only painted in watercolors and oils since the completion of the studio nearly a year before.