1786 Benjamin Franklin Born Boston Medal. Original Dies. Betts-620, Greenslet GM-34, Adams-Bentley 14. Bronze. MS-62 BN (PCGS).45.8 mm. 688.8 grains. Plain edge. Rich chocolate brown with excellent eye appeal. Glossy but not lustrous, even and attractive on both sides. Somewhat advanced die state, the broken rims showing significant filing around the obverse, as issued. An area of tooling on the reverse is well hidden in the leaf beneath the letter E in ERIPUIT. Fairly widely available in copper, but still a historic relic of Dupres final work for Franklin.Ex unrecorded seller, via eBay, March 2005; Sydney F. Martin; our sale of the Sydney F. Martin Collection, Part V, November 2023 Auction, lot 1080; our April 2024 Tokens & Medals Collectors Choice Online Auction, lot 72006.
