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Rare opportunity to buy Mexican medal with Franklin on it and it’s the finest known.
This piece commemorates the 1959 inauguration of the Biblioteca Franklin (Benjamin Franklin Library) in Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico. Cataloged in Frank Grove's reference Medals of Mexico (Vol. 2), it is a classic mid-century Mexican municipal/educational issue with an reported mintage of 1,000 specimens.
The Biblioteca Franklin network in Mexico began with the famous main branch opened in Mexico City in 1942 by the American Library Association and the U.S. State Department as a cultural exchange and binational center.
During the 1950s, binational outreach and local literacy initiatives led to the creation of regional branches and affiliated public libraries in Mexican states—including Chihuahua.
Parral issued this commemorative silver medal in 1959 to mark the library's establishment, honoring Franklin as a global symbol of printing, public libraries, and civic education.
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