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Franklin Mint "Genius of Michelangelo" Complete 60-Coin Sterling Set [135607]

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Franklin Mint  Genius of Michelangelo  Complete 60-Coin Sterling Set  [135607]
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"FRANKLIN MINT ""The GENIUS OF MICHELANGELO"" STERLING SILVER Art Medal Set – COMPLETE
In 1976, The Franklin Mint issued a set of sixty 925-Sterling-silver medallions they titled ""The Genius of Michelangelo."" The coins were bound in a leather-like volume with ten coins per page. Each 45mm coin features a design that commemorates a well-known work of art by the great Renaissance master on the obverses. The reverses have the title of the piece surrounding a geometric web-like design centered on a small bas-relief of Michelangelo's head. The total weight of all sixty coins is approximately 75.5 Troy ounces.
Research indicates that The Franklin Mint acquired the first 29 or 30 coin designs and struck coins in the purchase of another minting operation, then struck the remainder of the set in their own facility. Those latter strikes were coated by Franklin Mint to prevent tarnishing, while the first portion were not. Hence, the first 29 items in this set have developed some beautiful toning features as well as some tarnish, but those in the latter portion are bright and shiny. All 60 coins are in otherwise great condition. The leather binder has some wear as would be expected for its age. The thick leatherette-like cardboard pages all turn smoothly with no cracking, and all the coins are securely mounted, ten to a page.
The pages are titled at the top, and the medallions are arranged in two columns of five rows with the name of the represented artwork and the location of that artwork are listed in the margins to the left and right.
PAGE 1: Frescoes from the Sistine Chapel Ceiling
1. The Creation of Adam
2. The Temptation
3. The Delphic Sibyl
4. The Universal Flood
5. The Gathering of the Waters
6. Judith and Holofernes
7. Noah's Sacrifice
8. The Death of Haman
9. The Prophet Jonah
10. The Head of God

PAGE 2: Frescoes from the Sistine Chapel Ceiling
11. Creation of the Sun and Moon
12. The Cumaean Sibyl
13. The Prophet Jeremiah
14. The Expulsion
15. David and Goliath
16. The Prophet Isaiah
17. The Creation of Eve
18. The Libyan Sibyl
19. Ignudo
20. The Forefathers of Christ

PAGE 3: The Last Judgment, Other Paintings and Drawings
21. Christ the Judge with Mary
22. Angels Supporting the Cross
23. Charon's Boat
24. St. Bartholomew
25. The Doni Tondo
26. Crucifixion of St. Peter
27. Tityus
28. The Damned Man
29. The Resurrection
30. The Fall of Phaethon

PAGE 4: Sculptures based on Classical Themes
31. David
32. Little Satyr of Bacchus
33. Battle of the Centaurs
34. Day
35. Dawn
36. David-Apollo
37. Mask of Night
38. Kneeling Angel
39. The Bearded Prisoner
40. The Dying Slave

PAGE 5: Sculptures of Famous People
41. Moses
42. St. Peter
43. Rachel
44. Giuliano de Medici
45. Lorenzo de Medici
46. Leah
47. St. Petronius
48. St. Matthew
49. St. Paul
50. Brutus

PAGE 6: Sculptures of Christ and the Madonna
51. Pieta
52. Madonna of the Stairs
53. Risen Christ
54. Head of Child from Bruges Madonna
55. Taddei Tondo
56. Pitti Tondo
57. Medici Madonna
58. Pieta of Florence
59. Bruges Madonna
60. Head of Santo Spirito Crucifix"

Date: 1976
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