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(1781) Libertas Americana Medal, Copper -- Mount Removed -- NGC Details. Unc. Betts-615, Loubat-14. ...
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(1781) Libertas Americana Medal in Bronze
Betts-615, Paris Mint Original
(1781) Libertas Americana Medal, Copper -- Mount Removed -- NGC
Details. Unc. Betts-615, Loubat-14. 78 mm. Benjamin Franklin,
while serving as an American diplomat to France, is credited with
the idea behind the Libertas Americana medal. France as Minerva
defends the infant United States from the English lion, as the
infant strangles two snakes representing military victories at
Saratoga and Yorktown. Augustin Dupré was the engraver, and the
Paris Mint struck the medal. The Liberty bust with a Liberty Cap
and Pole was later featured on U.S. half cents and large cents. The
die break on the obverse rim near 7 o'clock is characteristic of
original strikings, of which 100 to 125 bronze examples survive.
The present medal has a few delicate pinscratches on the field
above the lion, and a blob of solder is noted above the infant.From The L. William Libbert Collection.
Auction Info
2024 November 25 Certified American Tokens & Medals US Coins Showcase Auction #60407 (go to Auction Home page)
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November, 2024
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