(1880-98) AE Medal Betts-143, Louisburg, BN MS(PCGS#955726)
(1880-98) AE Medal Betts-143, Louisburg, BN MS (PCGS#955726)
Spring 2025 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 1062
- 等级
- MS63BN
- 价格
- 3,175
- 详细说明
- 41.5 mm. 499.9 grains. Edge marked (bee) and BRONZE at the Paris Mint. Golden-bronze with some brighter flashes near the peripheries. Some peripheral hairlines are noted, scattered evidence of handling, but no bad marks or flaws. A well struck and appealing example of this popular medal, the first to feature Fortress Louisbourg. While Louisbourg was the toast of the French when it opened in 1720, just 39 years later it fell to the British, thereby giving them control to the entire St. Lawrence Valley and ultimately resulting in the fall of Canada.