Franklin Institute Award Medal, United States, 1897
date: label: Date made
content: 1897
name: label: obverse engraver
content: Gobrecht, Christian
label: editor
content: Franklin Institute
label: manufacturer
content: United States Mint
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) Franklin Institute award medal
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1897
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Bust of Benjamin Franklin, left.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: FRANKLIN INSTITUTE OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. / 1824 / GOBRECHT. F.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Open wreath, tied at bottom.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: REWARD OF SKILL AND INGENUITY / PRESENTED TO THE U.S. NATIONAL MUSEUM IN COMMEMORATION OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S DISCOVERIES IN ELECTRICITY.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: place of issue
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Franklin Institute
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: SI Transfer, Collections: US National Museum
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.186669.0001
label: accession number
content: 186669
label: catalog number
content: 186669.0001
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Medal
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: struck (overall production method)
label: Physical Description
content: bronze (overall metal)
label: Physical Description
content: circular (overall shape)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .4 cm x 5.1 cm; 5/32 in x 2 in