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Sale 42
Pre-Long Beach Coin and Currency Auction
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Lot 1990 |
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1702. American Treasure Captured at Vigo. Bronze. 37.0 mm, 286 grains. B-97. About Uncirculated 50 glossy chocolate brown with smooth surfaces that are slightly disrupted by toning spots on the obverse and a few marks in the reverse exergue. An example in the Ford Sale, Stack's 1/06, lot 805 in Choice EF, realized $1700
By renowned engraver John Crocker (unsigned). A magnificent medal that inventively captures the military action of Oct. 23, 1702 at Vigo Bay in Spain, where English and Dutch naval forces destroyed a Spanish and French fleet and took its treasure that was later coined into money in England. The exergue displays the date in Roman numerals as Oct. 12, the date on the Julian calendar, which was in use at the time of the battle.
Note: The John J. Ford sale by Stack's identifies four obverse and four reverse dies for the Betts-97 medal. The reverse is easily identified as reverse A by the die breaks ghrough GAL:ET. However, the obverse die does not match any known variety and is thus attributed by the consignor as 5-A. The key diagnostic is the position of the cross to the R in FRA with other minor positional differences throughout.
Estimated Value $700 - 800.
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$575 |
Lot 1991 |
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Great Britain. 1670. Silver Colonization Medal. Betts 44. 41.9 mm, 546 grains. About Uncirculated 50 or better with attractive iridescent toning on the obverse, untoned on the reverse. An important popular Betts medal, dies by C. Roettier (bust unsigned). A choice AU example in the Ford Sale, Stack's 1/06 (lot 699), realized $2000 hammer
The marriage of the Portuguese Princess Catherine of Braganza to King Charles II instantly expanded the British colonies throughout the world as her dowry included Bombay in India and Tangiers in North Africa. Reverse: DIFFVSVS IN ORBE BRITANNVS (Britain Throughout the World) around a contemporary globe.
Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,750.
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$2,100 |
Lot 1992 |
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Great Britain. 1758 Louisbourg Taken Medal. Bronze 40.9 mm, 440 grains. B-411; MI-407. Mint State 60 with prooflike surfaces. Usual rim break at K12 to K3 on the reverse is present. Bies by I. Kirk. Unusually heavy for this scarce issue. Natural planchet fissures at K6-K7 on obverse. The La Riviere specimen sold by Stack's on 6/04, also Mint State with glossy surfaces, realized $1265.
Commemorates the taking of the French-controlled fortress and town of Louisbourg in Nova Scotia in 1758. Originally captured by British colonists in New England in 1745 to quell French aggression towards their fishing operations off the coast of Newfoundland, the fortress was inexplicably returned to the French via the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748. British forces later realized that Louisbourg under French control greatly restricted the movement of the Royal Navy in the St. Lawrence River and decided to take the fortress.
Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,300.
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$891 |
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