(1666) Bronze Medal Betts-42, St. Christopher
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Coin Details
Auction Record
- Price realized
- $576
- Sold
- Grade
- MS62BN
- Auction house
- Stack's Bowers
Description
This bronze medal, Betts-42, commemorates events at St. Christopher (St. Kitts) in 1666 during the Second Anglo-Dutch War. St. Kitts was one of the earliest European colonies in the Caribbean, jointly settled by English and French colonists beginning in 1625. The island was frequently contested during European wars, with control shifting between powers. In 1666, French forces seized the English portions of the island during the broader conflict between England and France's Dutch ally. This medal documents the volatile colonial situation in the Caribbean where European wars regularly disrupted colonial settlements and shifted territorial control. Kitts would change hands multiple times before finally becoming British.
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Betts-42
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