Thanks to Ronald S. Thompson for forwarding this information about the upcoming Barack Obama inaugural medals.
Whether you voted for Barack or not, you might want to let you members know about getting an OIM. I found out that the OIM is not being handled by the usual Inaugural Medal Subcommittee of the Official Inaugural Committee. It is being handled directly by transition team.
As a result you have to buy directly from the transition teams web site rather than through dealers like Presidential Coin and Antique Company (Joe Levine) or Stack’s. So there won’t be advertising in the NN or Coin World. Also the variety is limited – just one bronze inaugural medal ($60) unless you want to also buy a challenge coin.
You can get them by going to the following URL: http://www.pic2009.org/content/home/
Once there click on Inaugural Store at the top menu bar then click on either collectibles or jewelry as it is listed in both places.
Update: Both bronze ($60) and silver ($400) versions are available.