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Auction: 344 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale at Grand Hyatt, NY INC
Lot: 1259

Comitia Americana, John Paul Jones, Action off Flamborough Head, 23 September 1779, Silver Naval Medal, for Continental Congress after Augustin Dupré, joanni pavlo jones classis praefecto, uniformed bust of John Paul Jones right, comitia americana below, reverse, hostivm navibvs captis avt fvgatis depiction of the naval engagement in which the crew of the USS Bonhomme Richard board HMS Serapis, ad oram scotiae xxiii. sept. m.dccclxviiii. dupre f. in exergue, stamped argent on lower edge, 84.78g, 57mm. (Betts 568; BHM 222; Milford Haven 580; Julian NA1), a later but nonetheless superb striking from the original French dies, displaying an attractive residual iridescence, particularly to the billowing sails, practically as struck, very rare. Provenance: Viscount Dillon Auction, Sotheby's, July 1st, 1892, Lot 783.

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