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Auction: 23004 - Ancient and British Coins - Featuring the 'White Rose' Collection
Lot: 300

Second Russo-Turkish War: Peace at Jassy and Formal Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Empire (1787–1792), Senior Officers of the Campaign Gold Award, dated 29 December 1791, crowned cypher of Ekaterina II Velikaya (Catherine the Great) in laurel wreath, rev. PEACE WITH PORTA DECEMBER 29 1791 in cyrillic text in four lines, edge obliquely milled, 4.28g [66.0grns], 12h, 23mm. (Bitkin II, 1395 [R2]; Diakov 225.9 [R3]; Fb. –; Künker, Auction 157, 25 June 2009, lot 6311 same dies; Reichel 2839 [R1]; Smirnoff 321; Severin –; Uzd. –), tiny die flaws suggestive of an original or early novodel striking, otherwise bright but lustrous, with honey-golden tone, good extremely fine, very rare in gold and immensely poignant in the present climate

The Treaty of Jassy, in Moldavia, was a pact between the Russian and Ottoman Empires ending the Russo-Turkish War of 1787–1792. It saw the official ratification of the Russia Empire's increasing dominance in the Black Sea. The treaty was signed on 9 January 1792 by Grand Vizier Koca Yusuf Pasha and Prince Bezborodko. The Treaty of Jassy formally recognized the Russian Empire's annexation of the Crimean Khanate via the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca of 1774 and transferred Yedisan (the territory between Dniester and Bug rivers) to Russia making the Dniester the Russo-Turkish frontier in Europe, and leaving the Asiatic frontier (Kuban River) unchanged. These Jettons were struck in gold and silver to a total quantity of 30,000 pieces, and presented to senior officers who took part in the second Russo-Turkish War. In January 2016, a similar example attained $19,200 at auction.

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