(1733) AE Medal Betts-168, Company of the Indies MS(PCGS#921209)
(1733) AE Medal Betts-168, Company of the Indies MS (PCGS#921209)
August 2023 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 8042
- 等级
- MS62BN
- 价格
- 31,457
- 详细说明
- 1733 Compagnie des Indes Medal. Betts-168. Copper, 59.0 mm. MS-62 BN (PCGS). 1426.0 grains. A handsome example of this scarce and impressively large medal. Lustrous medium brown with rosy highlights over the lightly reflective fields. Some hairlines are mixed in with the rosy undertones, the vestiges of a long distant cleaning. Scattered marks and a few spots are seen, but nothing too troubling. The dies are perfect, with no crack at Louis XV's portrait, as seen on Ford:841. This is struck from the same dies as a silver version awarded in 1752, offered as Ford:838. The Compagnie des Indes dates to the era of John Law, but maintained its monopoly relationship with American trade for decades thereafter on behalf of the French crown. This appears to have been a standard award medal for the company that was restruck, in typical Paris Mint fashion, throughout the 18th century. It is scarce today. We have not had one of these at auction since we sold this example in the 2006 Ford sale. Provenance: From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier from Maison Platt, May 1967; our (Stack's) sale of the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, Part XIII, January 2006, lot 840. To view supplemental information and all items from the Sydney F. Martin Collection, click here. PCGS# 921209.