Libertas Americana, France, 1782 (Paris Mint)
date: label: date made
content: 1776
label: date made
content: 1782
label: associated date
content: 1782
name: label: associated person
content: Dupre, Augustin
label: obverse engraver
content: Dupre, Augustin
label: reverse engraver
content: Dupre, Augustin
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) Libertas Americana medal, (Comitia Americana)
label: Description (Brief)
content: France, 1782
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Bust of Liberty with flowing hair, facing left; over her shoulder she holds a pole with a Phrygian cap at the end to symbolize freedom.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: LIBERTAS. AMERICANA. / 4 JUIL. 1776.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: A standing female figure of Minerva representing France with sword and shield decorated with the arms of France protecting an infant Hercules representing the United States strangling two snakes; Minerva stands facing a standing Lion, with tail between its legs, representing Great Britain.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: NON SINE DIIS ANIMOSUS INFANS. / 17 OCT. 1777 / 19 [OCT.] 1781 / DUPRE F.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
label: associated place
content: United States: Virginia
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: Comitia Americana
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Adams, Henry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.207448
label: catalog number
content: 207448
label: accession number
content: 37081
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Medal
label: Other Terms
content: Medal; Commemorative
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: struck (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: medal: 47.7 mm; 1 7/8 in