The Sansom Medal of Benjamin Franklin Engraver: Johann Matthias Reich (American, born Germany, 1768–1833)
Designer: Joseph Sansom (American, 1767–1826)
Mint: Philadelphia (Pennsylvania)
Honorand: Benjamin Franklin, American, 1706–1790, M.A. (Hon.) 1753

1805

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

35.36 g, 12:00, 40.30 mm

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Charles Wyllys Betts, B.A. 1867, M.A. 1871

Accession Number

2001.87.23220

Geography

Made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Culture

American

Period

19th century

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: LIGHTNING AVERTED - TYRANNY REPELLED. Bust of Franklin r.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: In exergue, 1776. Beaver gnawing at the trunk of an oak tree, to the right of which is a bunch of reeds.
Provenance
Charles Wyllys Betts, to about 1887; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., from about 1887 to 2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • Charles Wyllys Betts, American Colonial History Illustrated by Contemporary Medals, 1964 reprint (New York: Scott Stamp and Coin Company, 1964), 246, no. 546
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Object/Work type

medals

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