American Colonial Historical Medals (Betts Medals)
1702 French & Spanish Defeated at Vigo Bay

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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