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The Benjamin Franklin Medal presented by the American Philosophical Society located in Philadelphia Pennsylvania U.S.A. also called Benjamin Franklin Bicentennial Medal is awarded since 1906. The originally called Philosophical Society was founded in 1743 by Benjamin Franklin. The award was created to remember the 200th anniversary of the birthday of Franklin. The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston has this medal in his collection.The medal was created by the brothers Augustus and Louis St.