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1666 Conquest of St. Christopher |
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MEDAL 1666 BETTS-42 CONQUEST ST.CHRISTOPHER |
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Betts-42 Copper. This medal was struck to commemorate the conquest of St. Christopher. St. Christopher was settled by France and Brittian. The French ejected the British in 1666 only to have them retern the next year. The obverse features a bust of Louis XIII. The reverse is according to Betts and Indian Queen. She is holding the shield of France with the shield of Britain at her feet. Exergue is translated The French colony established. England driven from the island of St. Christopher 1666. - Ex: John J. Ford
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1670 Colonization Medal |
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SILVER 1670-DATED BETTS-44 COLONIZATION MEDAL |
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Betts-44 Silver. The obverse of this medal features Busts of Charles II and Queen Catherine. Catherine of Braganza (1638-1705) was the daughter of Portuguese King John IV. She brought the beginnings of Britain's Indian Empire as her dowry, including the port of Bombay. The Reverse shows A globe the legend suggest British colonization around the world.
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1674 Victory at Martinique |
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COPPER 1674 BETTS-48 VICTORY AT MARTINIQUE |
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Betts-48 Copper. Struck to commemorate the victory by the French at Martinique, which is an island in the eastern Caribbean Sea. Martinique was attacked by the British in 1666 and 1667 unsuccessfully. The island was guaranteed to the French by the Treaty of Breda in 1667 however during the second part of the struggle for the Spanish Netherlands the Dutch attempted an invasion in 1674. The terrible defeat of Admiral Michael Adrian Ruiter's invasion fleet with great loss of life. Obverse is a bust of Louis XIV. The reverse in translated the American Colony of the French victorious. The bottom translated the Dutch slain and put to flight at Martinique, 1674. Dies by Mauger.
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1677 Dutch Fleet Burned |
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MEDAL 1677 BETTS-58 DUTCH FLEET BURNED |
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Betts-58 Brass This commemorates the "fireball" that destroyed the Dutch fleet and fort at Tobago, which made way for the French to take the island. This was just one part in the European battle for dominance of the valuable islands of the West Indies. Dies By Nyris.
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1693 Felicitas Domus Augustae |
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FRANCE - 1601-1643 |
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1 1693 Betts-75 Felicitas Domus Augustae |
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Betts-75 Bronze Obverse is a bust of Louis XIV. The reverse is the Dauphin and Dukes of Burgundy, Anjou, and Berry. Felicitas Domus Augustae is translated The pride of the Royal house. Silver pieces were given to the Indians. - Ex: John J. Ford
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1697 Carthagena Captured |
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BRONZE 1697 BETTS- 84/83 CARTHAGENA CAPTURED |
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Betts-84/83 Bronze. Struck to commemorate the capture of Cartagena. The capture brought treasure worth an estimated 100 million in today's dollars to the French. Cartagena which also known as Cartagena de las Indias or Cartagena of the Indies, is a large city seaport on the northern coast of Colombia.It was founded about 1533. Cartagena was a key port in the Spanish treasure shipment system. Its defenses repelled several attacks such as Sir Francis Drake in 1533 and Admiral Vernon in 1741, which made its capture by the French in 1697 that much more remarkable. The obverse is a bust of Louis XIV. The reverse translates the treasue of the Spaniards carried away. The bottom translates the American Carthage taken by storm 1697.
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1697 Carthagena Captured |
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MEDAL 1697 BETTS-86 CARTHAGENA CAPTURED |
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Betts-86 Copper. This medal was struck to for the capture of Carthagena. Further described in previous medal listing. The reverse is translated victory the companion of the French. At Carthagena in the new world: at Atham in Flanders; at Barcelona in Spain.
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1702 French and Spanish Defeated at Vigo |
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BRASS 1702 BETTS-95 AMER. TREASURE CAPTURED |
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Betts-95 Brass.The battle of Vigo Bay is described in the next medal. This obverse of this medal is a copy of Betts 98. The reverse is translaed by the bravery of the English and Dutch. The exergue is translated the fleet burned, and American treasure captured. This medal was struck by Lazarus Gottlieb Laufer.
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1702 French & Spanish Defeated at Vigo Bay |
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GREAT BRITAIN - 1660-1815 |
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COPPER 1702 BETTS-97 FRENCH & SPANISH DEFEATED |
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Betts-97 Copper.
Struck to Commemorate the English and Dutch capture, burning, and sinking of the French and Spanish treasure fleet at Vigo Bay. The French and Spanish lost 2,000 and the English and Dutch 800. The victors recovered silver worth about 14,000 pounds. A sum of an estimated three million pounds had been unloaded and taken away before the battle. British guinea coins of 1703 bear the word VIGO to commemorate the battle.The obverse features Queen Anna and the inscription is translated Anna, by the grace of God, Queen of Great Britain, France, and Ireland. The obverse shows Vigo Harbor. By John Croker
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1736 Jernegan's Cistern Medal |
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GREAT BRITAIN - 1660-1815 |
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SILVER 1736 BETTS-169 JERNEGAN'S CISTERN MEDAL |
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Betts-169 Silver.
This was struck and distributed to purchasers of a lottery of a silver vase. Which was drawn in 1737. The only reference to America is in the palmetto trees on the obverse. The design and legend indicate the protection afforded by the Queen to the Plantations. 30,000 were struck.
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1739 Admiral Vernon - Porto Bello |
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MEDAL 1739 BETTS-238 VERNON - PORTO BELLO |
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Betts-238 Copper.This medal is one a large series labeled the Vernon medals. Many English viewed the Spanish fortifications in the New World with awe and respect, especially Portobello and Cartagena. Portobello was a fortified port, in what is now Panama, where Spanish gold and silver that was mined from Peru was collected and shipped. Captain Edward Vernon boasted to Parliament that he could take Portobello with only six ships. On November 21st, 1739, Admiral Vernon attacked, what some regarded as an Iron Fort at the mouth of the harbor of Portobello, with only six ships as he claimed. The names of the six ships were: the Burford, the Hampton Court, the Worcester, the Strafford, the Princess Louisa and the Norwich. In 1741 George Washington's half-brother, Lawrence Washington, served on Vernon's flagship the Princess Caroline and named his estate Mount Vernon in honour of his commander.
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1740 Admiral Vernon Porto Bello and Ft. Charge |
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COPPER 1740 BETTS-281 PORTO BELLO & FT CHAGRE |
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Betts-281 Copper.
Described above.
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1739 Vernon and Blass |
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MEDAL 1739 BETTS-306 VERNON & BLASS |
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Betts-306 Brass. A description about the medals in the Vernon series is described above. This medal was struck to commemorate the taking of Carthagena. In this capture Vernon was accompanied by Sir Chaloner Ogle and Gen. Wentworth. With a total of 30 ships of the line and about 80-85 other vessels. This medal features Admiral Vernon and Don Blass on the obverse. Don Blass de Leso was the commander of the Spanish fleet in the harbor of Carthagena. It was later discovered that Blas escaped before the British arrived.
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1747 Admiral George Lord Anson |
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SILVER 1741 BETTS-382 ANSON'S VOYAGE |
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Betts-382 Silver.
Struck to commemorate Admiral George, Lord Anson's Defeat of the French at Cap Finisterre , which was part of the war of Austrian succession, and Circumnavigation of the Globe. The first Battle of Cap Finisterre, between Anson's 13 ships of the line and the French admiral de la Jonquiere's smaller fleet, lasted three hours and saw most of the French men of war taken. Most of the French merchantmen de la Jonquiere had been escorting escaped. Anson's earlier circumnavigation was eclipsed by his capture of a Spanish treasure fleet in South American waters whose prize money made him a very rich man. Anson's later happy tenure at the Admiralty led to his naming as the Father of the British Navy. By T. Pingo.
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1752 West Indies Campaign |
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(none) 1752 Betts-384 West Indies Campaign |
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Betts-384 Rev. Silver. This medal refers to the Compagnie Des Indes Occidentales which was the sole remnant of the John Law schemes. - Ex: John J. Ford
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