August 2024 Global Showcase Auction – 12 - 23 August 2024
Ancient and World Coins and Currency
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Description
Silver Christopher Duke of Albemarle Medal
1687 Christopher Duke of Albemarle, Governor of Jamaica Medal. By George Bower. Betts-66, Forrer I:259. Silver. AU-58 (PCGS).
46.3 mm, with grip loop. 641.6 grains. Deep steel gray with lively silver highlights. A faint tic or two are visible under a glass, to no great detriment. The fortunes of the Dukes of Albemarle were assured when General George Monck, one-time key supporter of Cromwell, welcomed the Restoration of Charles II and was created a duke. This second Duke of Albemarle was appointed Governor of this wealthy colony by King James II and began the ambitious act of the Silver Shoals treasury recovery, Betts-67. Secured from unflagging Spanish hostility, British administration by this point had launched Jamaica on its path to vast wealth derived from its tropical plantations.
Ex Fuld Collection (possibly); Ted Craig estate, October 4, 1982; John J. Ford, Jr.; our (Stack's) sale of the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, Part XIII, January 2006, lot 755; our (Stack's) Philadelphia Americana Sale of September 2009, lot 6021; our Philadelphia ANA Auction, August 2012, lot 4106.
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| Price realized | 3'600 USD |
| Starting price | 1 USD |
| Estimate | 5'000 USD |
