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Browse Catalogue of Stack's May 2006 Auction Limited to: The John J. Ford, Jr. Collection: Part 14 → The Ford Collection of Betts Medals, Part II: Medals Illustrative of Early American History → The American Revolution 1776 - 1783 → Victory Assured and the End of the War Page 1 of 2  •  First  Previous  Next  Last  • Goto Page Categories  •  Stack's May 2006 → The John J. Ford, Jr. Collection: Part 14 → The Ford Collection of Betts Medals, Part II: Medals Illustrative of Early American History → The American Revolution 1776 - 1783 → Victory Assured and the End of the War Print these Realized Prices! You'll need the Adobe PDF Reader to view and/or print the prices realized sheet. Lot # Description Grade Hammer Price 261 Recognition of the Independence of the United States by Frisia, 1782, B.602 AU $2,000.00 Obverse signed B.C.V. CALKER F. Silver. 44.0 mm. 454.7 gns. Frisia receives America while spurning Britain and her snake in the grass; inscription. About Uncirculated. Scratched. Frisia was the first European state to recognize the government of the States United in North America. 262 The United Provinces receive John Adams as Envoy of the United States of North A CH AU $4,000.00 merica, 1782. B.603. Reverse signed I.G. HOLTZHEY FEC. Silver. 44.9 mm. 438.6 gns. The United Provinces receive America as a ''Free Sister''; the British unicorn has broken his horn against the rock of virtue. Choice About Uncirculated. Prooflike and nicely toned. Some rim nicks. Rare in this metal. 263 Treaty of Commerce Between Holland and the United States of America, 1782. B.604 CH UNC $1,800.00 Reverse signed I.G. HOLTZHEY FEC. Silver. 45.2 mm. 417.4 gns. Fame announces the treaty supported by the Arms of Holland and 13 stars for the United States; Mercury crowns the Arms of Amsterdam. Choice Uncirculated. Prooflike and quite attractive. Formal negotiations to end the Revolutionary War began on September 19. On October 5, the United States presented Great Britain with preliminary...  more 264 Treaty of Commerce Between Holland and the United States of America, 1782. B.604 CH AU $1,400.00 Reverse signed I.G. HOLTZHEY FEC. Silver. 45.0 mm. 426.0 gns. Types as last. Choice About Uncirculated. Prooflike. Light marks, old scrape at the top of the obverse. 265 Treaty of Commerce Between Holland and the United States of America, 1782. B.605 CH EF $800.00 Reverse signed I.G. HOLTZHEY FEC. Silver. 33.6 mm. 217.1 gns. Types as last, smaller module. Choice Extremely Fine. Cleaned long ago, now recolored to a rich gunmetal blue-gray hue. 266 America Pledges Friendship with Holland, 1782. B.606 CH AU $2,000.00 Obverse signed I.V.B. Silver. 32.0 mm. 201.8 gns. America with her stars and stripes offers friendship to Holland; inscription. Choice About Uncirculated. Prooflike and toned. The depiction of the American flag is an early one for Europe. 267 America Pledges Friendship with Holland, 1782. B.606 CH EF $900.00 Obverse signed I.V.B. Silver. 32.0 mm. 193.0 gns. Types as last. Choice Extremely Fine. 268 Holland Declares America Free, 1782. B.607 CH EF $1,000.00 Obverse signed I.M. LAGEMAN. Silver. 34.3 mm. 201.9 gns. Liberty in a fanciful American scene; American and Dutch trade assured. Choice Extremely Fine. Toned. 269 Holland Declares America Free, 1782. B.607 CH AU $900.00 Obverse signed I.M. LAGEMAN. Copper, once gilt. 34.3 mm. 222.7 gns. Types as last. Choice About Uncirculated. Red and brown. Plate piece for Medina 391. 270 Peace of Versailles, 1783. The French Libertas Americana medal. B.608 AU $8,500.00 Obverse signed OE in ligature (Oexlein). Silver. 45.1 mm. 392.7 gns. Louis XVI points to a shield emblazoned with America's 13 bars hung by Liberty on a pillar; Pallas Athena holds a spear growing into an olive tree and a ribbon linking the Arms of France, Britain, Spain, and Holland. About Uncirculated. Nicely toned. The Peace of Versailles ending the Revolutionary War was signed on...  more 271 Peace of Versailles, 1783. The French Libertas Americana medal. B.608 CH AU $4,750.00 Obverse signed OE in ligature (Oexlein). Tin with copper plug. 45.6 mm. 427.5 gns. Types as last. Choice About Uncirculated. 272 Peace of Versailles, 1783. The French Libertas Americana medal. B.608 AU $4,250.00 Obverse signed OE in ligature (Oexlein). Tin with copper plug. 45.5 mm. 467.6 gns. Types as last. About Uncirculated. 273 The Treaty of Paris, 1783. B.609 AU $2,000.00 Obverse signed I.M. LAGEMAN F. Silver. 30.9 mm. 140.2 gns. Olive tree growing from the implements of war; inscription. About Uncirculated. Edge scratched. 274 The Treaty of Paris, 1783. B.610 CH AU $4,000.00 Unsigned. Silver. 42.3 mm. 294.1 gns. Peace shakes hands with America; Peace tramples on War. Choice About Uncirculated. Slightly off-center, some signs of doubling. A tin proof was presented to John Adams by the Dutch government in 1787; it was located by his namesake in the Massachusetts Historical Society collection in September, 1996. 275 The Treaty of Paris, 1783. B.610 EF $3,000.00 Unsigned. Silver. 40.6 mm. 289.9 gns. Types as last. Extremely Fine. Obverse a bit off-center to the left. Some rim marks. 276 The Treaty of Paris, 1783. B.610 AM $1,400.00 Unsigned. Tin, gilt. 43.3 mm. 421.6 gns. Types as last. Nearly as made and only the second one like it seen (EAN sale of May, 1994, lot 140). Nearly full gilding. Rims as made. 277 The Treaty of Paris, 1783. B.610 CH AU $900.00 Unsigned. Tin with copper plug. 43.5 mm. 483.0 gns. Types as last. Choice About Uncirculated. Somewhat reflective fields. Minor edge and rim marks. 278 The Treaty of Paris, 1783. B.610 CH AU $700.00 Unsigned. Tin with copper plug. 42.7 mm. 416.4 gns. Types as last. Choice About Uncirculated. Somewhat reflective fields. Minor marks as expected. 279 The Treaty of Paris, 1783. B.610 AU $675.00 Unsigned. Tin with copper plug. 42.6 mm. 383.0 gns. About Uncirculated. 280 The Treaty of Paris, 1783. B.610 AU $550.00 Unsigned. Tin with copper plug. 43.0 mm. 372.1 gns. About Uncirculated. Prooflike. 281 The Treaty of Paris, 1783. B.610 AU $500.00 Unsigned. Tin with copper plug. 43.0 mm. 369.1 gns. About Uncirculated. Some tin pest. 282 The Peace of Versailles, 1783. B.611 UNC $1,100.00 Obverse signed GATTEAUX, reverse DUVIV. Bronze. 41.6 mm. 577.7 gns. Plain edge. Obverse rim crumbling. Bust of Louis XV; Peace. Uncirculated. From the same reverse as on B.612. 283 The Peace of Versailles, 1783. B.611 AU $550.00 Obverse signed GATTEAUX, reverse DUVIV. Bronze. 41.8 mm. 500.5 gns. Plain edge. Obverse rim crumbling. Types as last. About Uncirculated. Old collection numbers inked on both sides. 284 The Peace of Versailles, 1783. B.612 VF $1,700.00 Obverse signed B. DUVIVIER, reverse DUVIV. Silver. 41.7 mm. 477.5 gns. Edge engraved C.F.A. GALLARD MARIE LE 17 NOVEMBRE 1791 A F. PICOU. Bust of Louis XV; Peace. Very Fine. Expected marks. From the same reverse as on B.611. 285 The Peace of Versailles, 1783. B.612 EF $1,000.00 Obverse signed B. DUVIVIER, reverse DUVIV. Bronze. 41.7 mm. 432.0 gns. Plain edge. Types as last. Extremely Fine. Later obverse state than the first. 286 Libertas Americana, 1781. B.615 CH VF $27,500.00 Unsigned (by A. Dupre). A lead cliche with anepigraphic paper backing of the reverse type in an unfinished state without the exergual inscription but with grid lines laid down for it. 46.7 mm. 214.3 gns. Choice Very Fine or so, slightly bent. Extremely rare: the cataloguer has seen just this and the next. 287 Libertas Americana, 1781. B.615 EF $11,000.00 Signed DUPRE. A brass hub progress impression of the reverse without inscriptions or fleurs-de-lys on the shield. 50.6 mm. 1,002.7 gns. 3.9 - 4.3 mm. thick. Extremely Fine. Medium yellow color, reverse quite corroded. Extremely rare as noted. 288 Libertas Americana, 1781. B.615 (see below) $16,000.00 Signed DUPRE. A white metal cliche of the completed reverse die. 48.1 mm. 191.3 gns. Paper backing. Broken at right from 2-5:00, described by Mr. Ford as ''somewhat mishandled''. Extremely rare. 289 Libertas Americana, 1781. B.615 UNC $110,000.00 Reverse signed DUPRE.F. Silver. 47.6 mm. 781.4 gns. Liberty facing left after Benjamin Franklin's design, liberty pole and cap behind her head, the type that later appeared on the 1793 Half Cents, July 4, 1776 in exergue; France as Athena protects the infant American republic from the attack of the British lion with a shield bearing the French arms. Young America has just killed two snakes...  more 290 Libertas Americana, 1781. B.615 CH AU $35,000.00 Reverse signed DUPRE.F. Silver. 47.7 mm. 838.0 gns. Types as last. Choice About Uncirculated. Dramatic iridescent blue and rose toning on both sides over light hairlines. Page 1 of 2  •  First  Previous  Next  Last  • Goto Page

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