Posted 02/11/2011 10:17 am
Over the years MANY different companies have issued tokens of the Presidents. The vast majority of them are worth what ever the value of the metal in them is worth.
Interesting quote from the medal. Washington was President for eight years not eighteen and he WAS paid. He did serve as General of the Army for years without pay. At his own request he declined any pay and just requested that the Continental Congress pay his expenses. The Congress agreed, and Washington;s "expenses" ran up to over four times what his salary would have been. When he was elected President he tried to get the same deal there, "no pay just pay my expenses". Congress turned that down flat and insisted on the salary.
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served eighteen years as president without pay
served eighteen years as president without pay
Interesting quote from the medal. Washington was President for eight years not eighteen and he WAS paid. He did serve as General of the Army for years without pay. At his own request he declined any pay and just requested that the Continental Congress pay his expenses. The Congress agreed, and Washington;s "expenses" ran up to over four times what his salary would have been. When he was elected President he tried to get the same deal there, "no pay just pay my expenses". Congress turned that down flat and insisted on the salary.
