Libertas Americana, France, 1782 (Paris Mint, original dies)
date: label: Date made
content: 1782
name: label: obverse engraver
content: Dupre, Augustin
label: reverse engraver
content: Dupre, Augustin
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) Libertas Americana medal, original strike (Comitia Americana)
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States (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: Description (Brief)
content: General Information: Paris Mint, original dies.
label: Description
content: Designed in 1782, by Benjamin Franklin and Esprit-Antoine Giblein, this medal was created to commemorate America's Revolutionary War military victories. Franklin conceived the idea as a private project to enhance Franco-American relations.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
label: place of issue
content: United States
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: Comitia Americana
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0009.0563
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0009.0563
label: accession number
content: 1991.0009
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: 35 mm x 47.7 mm; 1 3/8 in x 1 7/8 in