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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cwtokenman, post: 1780520, member: 2100&quot;]I have a reference book on Franklin Medals which uses that numbering system, or at least one that I assume is the same. The book is &quot;The Medals of Franklin&quot; by Phil W. Greenslet. The id number given is just GM-285. This token is cupro-nickel clad, and has an R-6 rarity (16-30 known). In case you could not read the small print on the obverse, it says AUG. C. FRANK CO.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>To delve further into the numbering system, I suspect the letter &quot;G&quot; represents Greenslet&#039;s name. He uses two numbering systems in his book, &quot;GM&quot; is used for Franklin medal identification, and &quot;GT&quot; is used for Franklin token identification. Regarding the leading &quot;S-&quot; of what seems to be the id number, I am going to take a guess that it stands for David Schenkman, who edited the book, and provided Greenslet with, in Phil&#039;s words, invaluable dedication and guidance in producing this work. Perhaps Schenkman came up with the idea for the numbering system. NGC adds a letter for the originator of at least one other numbering system of which I am aware. NGC adds the letter &quot;F&quot; to identification numbers shown on their Civil War token slabs, presumably representing Fuld&#039;s name, although I have never seen a Civil War Token id number ever include the letter &quot;F&quot; aside from its use on slabs. I do not consider the &quot;F&quot; to be part of the id number for cwts, and I likewise would not consider the &quot;S&quot; to be part of the id number for your medal, but merely a designator of the identification system being used.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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