Benjamin Franklin 200th Anniversary of Birth medal, United States, 1906
date: label: date made
content: 1906
name: label: designer
content: Saint-Gaudens, Augustus
label: issuing authority
content: Congress of the United States
label: manufacturer
content: Tiffany & Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) Benjamin Franklin 200th Anniversary of Birth medal
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1906
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Bust of Franklin facing left, surrounded by a wreath.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN / PRINTER / PHILOSOPHER / SCIENTIST / STATESMAN / DIPLOMATIST / 1706 / 1790
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Allegorical scene in a temple with a goddess, representing History, writing on a tablet. Three figures representing Literature, Science, and Philosophy stand at the base of her throne.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: STRVCK BY ACT OF THE CONGRESS OF THE VNITED STATES / TO COMMEMORATE THE TWO HVNDRETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN / M.C.M.V.I. / HISTORY / LITERATVRE / SCIENCE / PHILOSOPHY
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: place of issue
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
label: Exhibition
content: Value of Money
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1993.0205.0080
label: catalog number
content: 1993.0205.0080
label: accession number
content: 1993.0205
objectType: label: Object Name
content: medal
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: struck (overall production method)
label: Physical Description
content: bronze (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: circular (overall shape)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .9 cm x 10.1 cm; 11/32 in x 3 31/32 in