1 oz Scottsdale Patriotic Join or Die Snake Silver Bar (Color)

1 oz Scottsdale Patriotic Join or Die Snake Silver Bar (Color)

BOLD is delighted to present the 1 oz Scottsdale Patriotic Join or Die Snake Silver Bar (Color) from the Holiday Patriotic series by the Scottsdale Mint as its authorized dealer. The Join or Die Snake, published in 1754 by Benjamin Franklin, was considered an early masterpiece of political messaging.

Know more of the key features of this silver bar below!

Key Features:

• 1 oz Scottsdale Patriotic Join or Die Snake Silver Bar (Color)
• Purity: Contains 1 troy ounce of .999 fine silver.
• Obverse: It bears the American flag in the background, a severed rattlesnake in the front, and the slogan “JOIN, OR DIE.”
• Reverse: It features the Scottsdale Mint logo with inscriptions for purity and weight.
• Dimension: 29.25 x 50.25 x 2.36 mm.
• Packaging: Each bar arrives in a protective sealed capsule.

The obverse side of the silver bar bears the magnified image of the Stars and Stripes American flag in the background. In front of the flag is the severed rattlesnake, which is divided into 8 parts. This design was initially introduced as a cartoon, which had deep meaning and significance! Below the snake is the slogan inscribed as “JOIN, OR DIE.”

The reverse of the 1 oz Scottsdale Patriotic Join or Die Snake Silver Bar features the assay marks with the Scottsdale Mint logo. The assay marks “1 TROY OZ FINE Silver .999” represent purity and weight. To the left of the bar is “SCOTTSDALE MINT” imprinted vertically, which runs parallel to the Crowned Lion symbol on the right.

The Amazing Details of the Join or Die Snake Cartoon!

Benjamin Franklin was the American representative of France during the American Revolution. In 1754, Franklin introduced one of the most famous cartoons in world history: the Join or Die woodcut. This design depicted a severed snake in eight pieces that represented the eight British colonies - Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island.

In this cartoon, Franklin emphasized the threat from the French to the British colonies. An article from the British Library Journal by Severud Cook stated that the shape of the snake aligns with the actual position of the colonies on the map in the same order.

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