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Categories • Stack's January 2005 → The Americana Sale → The Gilbert Steinberg Collection → The Medals of Benjamin Franklin → U. S. Mint Franklin Medals |
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Lot # |
Description |
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Hammer Price |
| 2278 |
Franklin-Washington Sansom Medal, 1805
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CH EF |
$2,500.00
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Copper bronzed, 40.4mm. By John Reich for Philadelphia merchant Joseph Sansom. Betts 617, Baker 58, Julian CM-5. Choice Extremely Fine. Obv. Franklin and Washington busts l. Rev. Eagle over globe with Treaty of Peace date 1783. Dark red mahogany shows a faint scuff in the obverse left field. |
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| 2279 |
Franklin American Beaver Medal, 1805
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EF |
$2,500.00
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Copper bronzed, 40.4mm. By John Reich for Joseph Sansom. Betts 546, Julian CM-8. Extremely Fine. Obv. Franklin bust r., elongated truncation, LIGHTNING AVERTED, TYRANNY REPELL'D. Rev. American beaver gnaws British oak, exergue 1776. Deep red mahogany, obverse edge ding. |
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| 2280 |
Franklin Institute Award Medal, 1853. Gold
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AU |
$6,000.00
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38.4mm, 41.54 grams. Julian AM-21. Prooflike About Uncirculated. Obv. Nini-style Franklin bust in fur hat l., deeply concave field. Rev. FRANKLIN INSTITUTE OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, engraved to Hamilton Woolen Co., Southbridge, Mass. for Cashmeres and Delaines, 1853. Dazzling brilliance, a few hairlines. R.W. Julian noted ''The listing of gold for a medal is tentative and is based... more |
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| 2281 |
Franklin Institute Award Medal, ca. 1840
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AU |
$450.00
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Copper bronzed, 38.1mm, 5mm thick. About Uncirculated. Types as above. Rich mahogany patina, unawarded. A charming medal possibly first struck in the 1840's. |
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