Benjamin Franklin Plaquette Greenslet rates it an R8 . Start Price USD 1,300.00 Current Price USD 1,300.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Friday, August 22, 2008 End Time Friday, August 29, 2008 Location default, jerusalem See more about 'Benjamin Franklin Plaquette Greenslet rates it an R8 .' Description Benjamin Franklin Bronze Plaquette.Bronze plaquette. Diameter of 52 millimetres.   I have applied for information to experts and have received such answer: 'RARE FRANKLIN INSTUTUTE AWARD MEDAL, ND. GM-97; Fuld FR.M.FR.10. 38.5mm. Bronze, with a reddish mahogany finish. Unsigned (after Nini). About Uncirculated. Obverse with a bust left of Franklin wearing his fur hat ,symbolic of the Printer’s trade, in a plain field. The reverse legend: ,FRANKLIN INSTITUTE OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA surrounds AWARD/ TO. The medal is unawarded.The date of this medal is uncertain. Fuld lists it first is the series of Franklin Institute medals which is otherwise cataloged chronologically. Since it bears a Snowden number, it cannot be later than 1861, and it probably is considerably older than that. Greenslet rates it an R8 (5-10 known). It is the first we have seen' Place a Bid!