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Categories • Stack's January 2005 → The Americana Sale → U. S. Medals, Tokens and Americana → Betts & Colonial-Related Medals |
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Lot # |
Description |
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Hammer Price |
| 2349 |
Betts 315. Admiral Vernon Havana and Cartagena Medal, 1741
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BU |
$1,300.00
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Pinchbeck Brass, 37.6mm. Brilliant Uncirculated or virtually so. Obv. Admiral with sword, cannon at foot, odd-shaped die defect suggesting a second sword. ED: VERNON ESQ: VICE ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE, garbled IIAVANAI (HAVANAH) l., one ship r. Rev. VERNON: CONQUERED: CARTAGENA over four ships approaching port city. Exquisite strike resulting in meticulous detail. Tan-gold patina. |
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| 2350 |
Betts 332. Vernon Preserver of His Country Medal, 1741
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EF to AU |
$400.00
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Pinchbeck Brass, 37.5mm. Extremely Fine to About Uncirculated. Obv. Ships and forts, standing Admiral with baton. Rev. TOOK CARTHAGENA over relief map of port. This medal's uncluttered style is wholly unlike most Vernon Medals. Brassy gold. |
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| 2351 |
Betts 443. Morro Castle Defense Medal, 1763
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EF |
$400.00
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Bronze, 49.7mm. By Tomas Francisco Prieto. Extremely Fine. Obv. Velasco and Gonzalez busts r. Rev. Explosion of powder magazine in Havana, Cuba, fortress, dedication of Academy of Arts. Olive-brown patina. |
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| 2352 |
Betts 574. Dutch Fishing Fleet Escape Medal, 1781
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AU |
$425.00
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Silver, 31mm, 11.2 grams. By Adriaan van Baerll. About Uncirculated. Obv. For Safety of Ships and People, fishing fleet flees home from threatened British attack, warned by Jacobus van der Wint. Rev. 13-line inscription. When the Netherlands joined the League of Armed Neutrality in the American Revolution, Britain declared war, seizing 200 Dutch merchant ships, a 15 million Gulden loss.... more |
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| 2353 |
Betts 589. Battle of Dogger Bank Medal, 1781
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EF |
$200.00
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Silver, 44.9mm, 28.9 grams. By I.G. Holtzhey. Extremely Fine. Obv. Compelled by Injuries, Batavia and Dutch lion with anchor and cannon. Rev. Immortal Defenders of Netherlands' Glory, names of Dutch captains in oval wreaths. Gold toning, old obverse scratches. |
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| 2354 |
Betts 610. Peace of Paris Medal, 1783
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BU |
$800.00
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White Metal with Copper plug, 42.9mm. By Johann Leonhard Oexlein. Forrer IV:309. Brilliant Uncirculated. Obv. Peace with olive branch clasps hands with America holding Free Hat on pole, 13-stripe shield, Sieges of Mahon (Balearic Islands) and Gibraltar in background. Rev. Abundance stands on fallen Mars, Gibraltar attack r. Oexlein was a prolific Nürnberg medalist who packed several... more |
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| 2355 |
Betts 610. Peace of Paris Medal, 1783
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BU |
$400.00
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White Metal with Copper plug, 42.9mm. By Johann Leonhard Oexlein. Forrer IV:309. Brilliant Uncirculated. A second boldly lustrous example of a significant American Revolution medal. |
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| 2356 |
Betts 615. Libertas Americana Medal, ca. 1782-1783. Silver
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AU |
$9,000.00
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Betts 615. 929.2 grains. About Uncirculated. Obv. Flowing-hair Liberty with cap on pole, 4 Juil. 1776 in exergue. Rev. Minerva-France protects infant Hercules (the United States) from cowardly British leopard's attack. Both sides are toned in light coin silver gray in the fields. The peripheries are a slightly darker shade of gray. There are traces of palest iridescence in the fields.... more |
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| 2357 |
Nils Collin and Old Swedes Church Medal, 1938
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AU |
$290.00
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Silver, 31.4mm. About Uncirculated. Obv. Collin (1746-1831), sixth pastor, l. Rev. Old Swedes Church Gloria Dei at Raccoon (Swedesboro) near Philadelphia. Latin inscription on church role in Preserving the language, customs and religion of colonists. The first colonists in the Philadelphia region were Swedes in the 1640's. This medal was struck for Delaware (New Sweden) Tercentenary,... more |
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| 2358 |
British Capture of Trinidad Centennial Medal, 1797
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EF |
$275.00
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Silver, 47.7mm. BHM 3623. Extremely Fine. Obv. Uniformed facing bust of Sir Ralph Abercromby. Rev. Mole at Port of Spain from Colonial Seal. Island taken from the French just after the Betts era. Boldly reflective with scattered hairlines. |
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| 2359 |
British Capture of Trinidad Centennial Medal, 1797
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UNC |
$60.00
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Copper, 47.7mm. Uncirculated. Types as above, issued by Trinidad Centenary Celebration Committee. |
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