BENJAMIN . FRANKLIN/ . PRINTER . PHILOSOPHER./ . SCIENTIST. STATESMAN./ (rosette) DIPLOMATIST (rosette)/ in field, 1706/ 1790: Bust of Benjamin Franklin to l. within wreath.
Reverse
. STRVCK . BY. ACT. OF . THE . CONGRESS ./ . OF . THE . VNITED . STATES ./ . HISTORY . -- . LITERATVRE ./ . SCIENCE . PHILO./ SOPHY ./ in exergue, . TO . COMMEMORATE . THE . TWO.HUNDREDTH./ . ANNIVERSARY . OF . THE . BIRTH . OF ./ . BENJAMIN . FRANKLIN ./ . M.C.M.V.I.: Seated allegorical figure of history to r. writing on shield with standing allegorical figures of literature, science and philosophy facing her.
