1783 Peace of Versailles Medal. Betts-608. Silver, 45 mm. AU Details--Graffiti (PCGS).

392.8 grains. Deep antique gray with old golden toning on both sides. A scattering of contact marks is seen on both sides, and a series of short horizontal scratches are visible in the right reverse field, accounting for the grade. This "other Libertas Americana medal" was executed in Nuremberg at the end of the American Revolution, primarily for a European audience. The obverse places Louis XVI central to the story of American victory, while the reverse collects the arms of all the European combatants just as the treaty table in Versailles did. Silver examples of this Betts number are very rare. Syd Martin's AU-50 (PCGS) brought $5,040 in our November 2023 Martin V sale.

From the Richard Margolis Collection. Earlier from the J.D. Ferguson Collection, via John J. Ford, Jr., at the Cincinnati ANA Convention, August 1980.

Estimate: $1500