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2490 - "FRANKLIN BIENFAISANCE du GENIE and MONTYON GENIE de la BIEN…
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"FRANKLIN BIENFAISANCE du GENIE and MONTYON GENIE de la BIENFAISANCE", their busts, by the medalist Barre, struck in high relief, side by side - ( * ) ( ** ) - Reverse, in circular legend "Monthyon and Franklin Society for the portraits of useful men; in the centre inside 2 oak leaf palms, 9-line text: "The subscribers associated to propagate the history of the benefactors of humanity, 1833". Copper medal 41 mm - 35.81 grammes - L/A n° 761 - TTB ( * ) Benjamin Franklin, born in 1706 in Boston, Founding Father of the United States, inventor of the lightning rod and drafter of the Declaration of Independence of the United States and its Constitution. Negotiates in Paris the treaty of alliance with the French (sent by La Fayette). ( ** ) Jean Baptiste AUGET baron DE MONTYON (1733-1820), intendant of Auvergne and various ministerial posts, benefactor of Hospices and indigents.
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About the sale SALE CHRONO history and numismatics, MEDALS, JETONS and CURRENCIES ORLEANS and LOIRET & bordering + miscellaneous.
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Auction time 06/26/2026 at 8:00 PM
ID: 87495097
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