At top, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN; on r., 1706/1790; in ex., .PRINTER.PHILOSOPHER./ .SCIENTIST.STATESMAN./ *DIPLOMATIST*: Bust in 18th century dress l., with horizontal truncation; to l. and r., laurel branches.
Reverse
Classical allegorical vignette: on l., History std. r. on three steps, inscribing shield, with altar and two fluted columns to l.; on r., Literature, Science and Philosophy (represented by figures of a young woman holding books, a young nude man with back outward holding a fulmen and a caduceus, and an older bearded man holding a scroll) stg. l.; on lower r., artists' monogram
At top, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN; on r., 1706/1790; in ex., .PRINTER.PHILOSOPHER./ .SCIENTIST.STATESMAN./ *DIPLOMATIST*: Bust in 18th century dress l., with horizontal truncation; to l. and r., laurel branches.
Reverse
Classical allegorical vignette: on l., History std. r. on three steps, inscribing shield, with altar and two fluted columns to l.; on r., Literature, Science and Philosophy (represented by figures of a young woman holding books, a young nude man with back outward holding a fulmen and a caduceus, and an older bearded man holding a scroll) stg. l.; on lower r., artists' monogram
At top, BENJAMIN.FRANKLIN; on r., 1706/1790; in ex., .PRINTER.PHILOSOPHER./ .SCIENTIST.STATESMAN./ *DIPLOMATIST*: Nude bust of Franklin l., laureate, shoulder cross-sectioned, with horizontal truncation; to l. and r., laurel branch.
