Object Details
- obverse engraver
- Dupre, Augustin
- reverse engraver
- Dupre, Augustin
- Description (Brief)
- One (1) Libertas Americana medal, original strike (Comitia Americana)
- United States (France), 1782
- 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.
- Obverse Text: LIBERTAS / AMERICANA / JUIL. / 1776
- 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.
- Reverse Text: NON / SINE / DIIS / ANIMOSUS / INFANS / 17 / OCT. / 1777 / 19 [OCT.] 1781
- General Information: Paris Mint, original dies.
- Description
- 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.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- 1782
- ID Number
- 1991.0009.0563
- catalog number
- 1991.0009.0563
- accession number
- 1991.0009
- Object Name
- Medal
- Physical Description
- struck (overall production method)
- bronze (overall metal)
- circular (overall shape)
- Measurements
- overall: 35 mm x 47.7 mm; 1 3/8 in x 1 7/8 in
- place made
- France
- place of issue
- United States
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
- Comitia Americana
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1097427
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-d8ac-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
