The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 14, April 8, 2007, Article 10

BOOK DETAILS GENESIS OF THE LIBERTAS AMERICANA MEDAL

The March 2007 MCA Advisory (newsletter of the Medal Collectors of 
America) mentions a recent book which has a good deal of information 
on the famous Libertas Americana medals. Editor John Adams writes: 
"In 2004, Lester C. Olsen published 'Benjamin Franklin's Vision of 
American Community.' Though unnoticed in numismatic circles, the 
book contains much of interest to medal collectors, most notably its 
56 page chapter on the Libertas Americana."

"All of the central characters are introduced. Franklin, L'academie 
des Belles Lettres, Theodore Brogniart, Esprit-Antoine Gibelin, 
Augustin Dupre and the Louvre Mint."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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