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Categories • Stack's September 2006 → U. S. Medals and Tokens → Betts Medals |
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Lot # |
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Hammer Price |
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Betts 515. William Pitt Medal (1766)
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CH VF |
$250.00
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Copper, 41.5mm. Choice Very Fine. Obv. Bust l. in boldly defined wig, no artist's signature. Attempted piercing creates a notch rather than a hole at 12:00. Rev. THE MAN/ WHO HAVING/ SAVED THE/ PARENT PLEADED/ WITH SUCCESS/ FOR HER/ CHILDREN. 'F' of FOR is over CH as Ford XIV:377. Betts blithely notes ''two varieties... with slight differences,'' nowhere explained by him nor clearly... more |
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| 14 |
1777 Silver, gilt Battle of Germantown, Pennsylvania Medal. Extremely Fine
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EF |
$20,000.00
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The only English medal awarded for a regimental infantry battle in the entire American Revolutionary War. Betts 556 (American Colonial History Illustrated by Contemporary Medals), Tancred 331-2 (Historical Record of Medals), Balmer R315 (British and Irish Regimental and Volunteer Medals). 421.0 gns. 44.0 mm. Pale yellow over silver in color. Surfaces on battlefield side chased. Minor edge... more |
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Betts Types 603, 604. John Adams Reception Medal 1782 (1904)
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AU |
$130.00
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Dutch-American Commercial Treaty Medal, 1782 (1905). Copper, 44.4mm. About Uncirculated. Fascinating struck copies of historical Dutch medals made for the Holland Society of New York by Bailey, Banks & Biddle. Reddish-brown patinas. |
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Liberté Françoise Medal, 1792
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EF to AU |
$550.00
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Bell Metal silvered, 38.7mm, 3.6mm thick. By André Galle. Extremely Fine-About Uncirculated. Obv. Flowing-hair Liberty head l. FRENCH LIBERTY above, abbreviated date First Year of the French Republic below. Rev. An oak wreath encloses the dedication of the United Artists Meeting in Lyon to the governing National Convention with the somewhat inexact Pure Bell Metal Struck in 1792 below.... more |
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