CNG 100, Lot: 1163. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

UNITED STATES. AV Medal (36.5mm, 28.71 g, 12h). Franklin Institute – Elliot Cresson Medal. By W. Barber. Dated 1848. Presented to Plimmon H. Dudley, 1877. ELLIOT CRESSON MEDAL., bare head of Cresson right; FOUNDED 1848 below; BARBER below bust / AWARDED BY THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, TO/ PLIMMON H. DUDLEY/ 1877 in wreath. Good VF, toned, marks.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from A. Terranova.

The Elliot Cresson medal was endowed by the philanthropist in 1848, to be presented for important advances in the arts and sciences. Though not stated on the piece, this medal was awarded to Dudley in the category of engineering, for his dynamograph. Only 258 awards have been presented since the prize’s inception.