.985 ozt J. Edgar Hoover Silver Round

This is an art medal featuring J. Edgar Hoover, the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. It is part of a collectible Franklin Mint First Edition Proof Set, The Patriots Hall of Fame. 

J. Edgar Hoover served as the director of the FBI (and its predecessor, the Bureau of Investigation) from 1924 until his death in 1972. 

He played a significant role in transforming the organization into a highly effective national law enforcement agency. 

The item features a depiction of the FBI building and a profile image of Hoover.

Hoover's long tenure of 48 years as director under eight different presidents was controversial, particularly after his death when the full extent of the FBI's surveillance activities became known. 

J. Edgar Hoover ex directed the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 1924 until his death in 1972. A graduate of George Washington University, he was admitted to the bar in 1917 and entered the Department of Justice where he served as special assistant to the attorney general. He then became director of the department's Bureau of Investigation which was reorganized with wider powers in 1933 and re-named the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 1935. Hoover is credited with eliminating politics from FBI appointments, with setting up better recruiting and training methods and with developing the FBI into one of the world's most efficient law-enforcement agencies. The bureau was influential in raising the standards of police work throughout the United States. As FBI director, Hoover recognized the importance of improved technical methods and provided many services to local and state police forces, including fingerprint files, laboratory services and the training of police officials through local and regional programs. Hoover was known for his anti-Communist and anti-subversive views, and the FBI was given wide intelligence and counterespionage functions as well as the principal responsibility for protecting U.S. internal security against foreign agents.

This is a Reed & Barton Damascene Insculpture etching featuring J. Edgar Hoover and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce building. 

The round is titled "FREEDOMS FOUNDATION AT VALLEY FORGE".

It features an image of George Washington kneeling in prayer.

The "Patriots Hall of Fame Volume II Silver Franklin Age of Change" refers to collectible sterling silver medals issued by the Franklin Mint.

Content: .985 oz troy of fine silver

Mint: Franklin Mint Hall of Fame Series II

Weight: 33.15 g or 30.66 g fine silver

Diameter: 38.78 mm

Purity: 92.5%

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