NNP Blog
Jun
28
2025
Can You Find a Franklin Mint Medal?
This week the West Baton Rouge Museum in Port Allen, LA contacted us in search of a medal by the Louisiana sculptor Angela Gregory. Dick Johnson’s Databank lists 14 medals for Gregory (1903-1990), including the 1972 ANA convention medal. The museum is currently developing an exhibit that will feature Gregory’s work.
The elusive piece is Gregory’s 1965 Civil War Centennial medal, engraved for Franklin Mint’s National Commemorative Society series. This medal is no. 13 in the series, and an example resides in the American Numismatic Society (1965.338.1). Franklin Mint records indicate a production of three pieces in platinum and 5,249 examples in silver. No doubt many of these were melted in the 1970s as silver prices spiked toward the end of the decade. Can NNP Blog readers locate an example for sale?
Link to Angela Gregory entry in the Dick Johnson Databank: https://archive.org/details/johnsondatabankGtoI/page/n147/mode/2up?view=theater
The elusive piece is Gregory’s 1965 Civil War Centennial medal, engraved for Franklin Mint’s National Commemorative Society series. This medal is no. 13 in the series, and an example resides in the American Numismatic Society (1965.338.1). Franklin Mint records indicate a production of three pieces in platinum and 5,249 examples in silver. No doubt many of these were melted in the 1970s as silver prices spiked toward the end of the decade. Can NNP Blog readers locate an example for sale?
Link to Angela Gregory entry in the Dick Johnson Databank: https://archive.org/details/johnsondatabankGtoI/page/n147/mode/2up?view=theater
