1977-FM Silver Medal The Gleaners Silver 100 Greatest Masterpieces

Coin Details

Description

This 1977 Franklin Mint silver medal depicting "The Gleaners" is part of the "100 Greatest Masterpieces" series — an ambitious program that reproduced famous artworks in medallic form. "The Gleaners" (Des glaneuses) by Jean-Francois Millet, painted in 1857 and housed in the Musee d'Orsay in Paris, depicts three peasant women gleaning a wheat field after harvest. The painting is one of the most famous images in art history, celebrating the dignity of rural labor. The Franklin Mint's 100 Greatest Masterpieces series translated famous paintings and sculptures into three-dimensional relief on silver medals, creating a subscription program that combined art appreciation with precious metal collecting. The series represented the Franklin Mint's most ambitious artistic undertaking, requiring skilled die engravers to interpret two-dimensional paintings as three-dimensional medallic relief.

Rarity Notes

Sterling silver, Franklin Mint 1977. 100 Greatest Masterpieces series. Art-themed medal subscription program.

Cross References

PCGS #971118; Franklin Mint The Gleaners, 100 Greatest Masterpieces, Silver