Spencer Collection of World and U.S. Historical Medals Including So-Called Dollars
MI-251/44 AR, Queene Anne's Bounty


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Set Details
Coin Description: AE (1677) BETTS-59 VICTORY AT TABAGO
Grade: NGC MS 63
Owner: Spencer Collection
 
Set Category: Token & Medals
Set Name: Spencer Collection of World and U.S. Historical Medals Including So-Called Dollars
Slot Name: MI-251/44 AR, Queene Anne's Bounty
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Owner's Description

Medal, 1677, AE, CAPTURE OF TABACO, France, NGC MS63, Cert# 3661817-023. Capture of Tobago medal. Betts-59. Honorand: Louis XIV, King of France, 1643 - 1715. Choice Uncirulcated. Bronze. 452.3 grains. 41.0 mm. Obv. Louis XiV (XIIII on medal). There are several obverse die varieties. Pleasing and glossy medium brown surfaces, smooth and attractive with no significant faults. A dramatic depiction of the siege of the star fort on the island of Tobago, with mortar shell exploding, is shown on the reverse. "Tabagum Expugnatum". Artist: Jean Mauger, French, 1648 - 1722. Provenance: Believed to be Ex Glode M. Requa Collection, Earlier, Norweb Collection, Lot# 2218, November 7, 2006, Stacks.

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