(1763) Bronze Medal Betts-508, Charleston Social Club
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Coin Details
Auction Record
- Price realized
- $40,800
- Sold
- Grade
- MS64BN
- Auction house
- Stack's Bowers
Description
This bronze medal, Betts-95, commemorates the Battle of Vigo Bay in 1702. The engagement was a decisive Anglo-Dutch naval victory that resulted in the destruction of the Franco-Spanish treasure fleet. While much of the treasure had been hastily unloaded before the battle, the English and Dutch still captured significant quantities of silver. The battle had important propaganda value: England's Queen Anne ordered the captured silver to be coined into special issues marked "VIGO," creating one of the most famous series in English numismatics. The Betts-95 medal documents this pivotal naval engagement from a French perspective, acknowledging the loss while contextualizing it within the broader war.
Rarity Notes
Bronze Vigo Bay medal with interesting French colonial perspective.
Cross References
Betts-95
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