A Diffrent Look At Franklin

[SilverDollarMan]

I borrowed this from Lee G...across the street, he is a true veteran!

 

Re-Post, Pictures Too

 

 

Just wanted to throw this "Change Up" on you guy's!! Ole Ben's been around for a long time throughout American History. Not just in coins, but Medals also. I thought it was so I'm sharing some history here. Lee

 

34.0 mm and struck at the US Mint. Awarded to George Parker in 1865 and engraved with his name and date on the back. This text taken from R. W. Julian's book titled, "Medals of the United States Mint":

 

Prior to 1867, when the rules of distribution were changed, it was common practice to distribute from 100 to 150 Franklin medals each year to boys in the Boston public schools. In September 1867 the companion City Medal (for girls) was abolished and Franklin medals awarded to all. At the same time there was a dramatic tightening of the eligibility rules with the result that, after 1867, strikings were usually between twenty and thirty medals per year. In May, 1879, the mint notified the Boston School Committee, under whose authority the medals were struck, that the reverse die was cracking and suggested a new one. A new reverse was executed, probably by Henry Mitchell, within a short time after that. The Franklin Medals were last struck by the US Mint about 1947.

 

 

1865 Benjamin Franklin School Medal in Silver

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[HaydenTubbs]

Nice!

[Hoot]

Quite a nice piece. I'm liking medals more and more. Many are incredibly rare and you can still buy them for a song, pretty much.

 

That one's a beaut!

 

Hoot

[michael]

i love this medal uis is superb and the informstion presented fantastic

 

a great thread and we need more threads like this on here

 

 

a unique piece of american civil war numismatics

 

 

 

michael

[Bruceswar]

that is one very nice medal

[Techno_mike-migration]

Very nice!

 

Great thread...keep the info coming!