GIBELIN, Esprit Antoine (1739-1813) French designer, painter.
          Born Aix-en-Provence, France, 17 August 1739.
          Died Paris, France, 23 December 1813.

          M   E   D   A   L   S

1782 Libertas Americana Medal (designed by Esprit Antoine
          Gibelin from suggestions by Benjamin Franklin;
          engraved by Augustin Dupré; original Paris Mint
          striking). . . . . . . . . . . . .  Loubat 14, Betts 615
          Auctions:.  BMP 1:5586, BMP 1:5674-5675; CAL 29:297-298; J&J 10:1775, J&J 10:1874, 
                    J&J 15:69, J&J 20:7; NAS  22:1940-1941; PCA 45:328, PCA 50:415-417, PCA 55:238, 
                    PCA 59:474, PCA 63:381, PCA 64:645, PCA 68:577, PCA 69:318-319
          Collection: American Numismatic Soc [>1]. 0000.999.38370
          Collection: Smithsonian National Numismatic [>1] 368:223
          Illustrated: Vermeule A21 {1971} Numismatic Art p. . . 9

                     B I O G R A P H I C A L  R E F E R E N C E S

D3a {2006} Benezit.Dictionary of Artists, p 6:143.

          N U M I S M A T I C   R E F E R E N C E S

M2  {1878} Loubat 14, 86.
M4  {1894} Betts 615, 300-301.
101 {1914} Livingston (Luther S.)  Franklin and His Press at Passay. New York: Grolier
Club (1914) 216 pages, mentions Libertas medal.
101 {1957} Zigrosser (Carl)  The Medallic Sketches of Augustin Dupré in American Collections. 
          American Philosophiocal Society Proceedings 101:6 (December 1957) pp 535-550; 
          reprinted in M25 {1969} Medals of the United States Mint, pp 289-304, illus.
A21 {1971} Vermeule, p 9-10.
E17 {1983} Pessolano-Filos, p 47.