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Medal Name: Benjamin Franklin
Struck for: Benjamin Franklin
OBVERSE
BENJ. FRANKLIN NATUS BOSTON. XVII JAN. MDCCVI. (Benjamin Franklin, natus Boston, 17Januarii, 1706: Benjamin Franklin, born in Boston, January 17, 1706.)
Bust of Franklin, facing the left.
REVERSE
Within a crown of oak: ERIPUIT COELO FULMEN SCEPTRUM QUE TYRANNIS. (He drew fire from Heaven and wrenched the sceptre from tyrants).
Exergue: SCULPSIT ET DICAVIT AUG. DUPRÉ ANNOMDCCLXXXVI. (Sculpsit et dicavit Augustinus Dupré, anno 1786: Engraved and dedicated by AugustinDupré, in the year 1786)
Source: The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 by J. F. Loubat, LL.D. (1878)