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John Paul Jones
dated 1779; struck between 1845–60
Mint: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 57 mm, 89.5 gm (2 1/4 in., 3.16 oz.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Samuel Abbott Green
Accession Number17.240
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
Catalogue Raisonné
Loubat 17; Betts 568; Julian NA-1
DescriptionObv: (ornament) JOANNI PAVLO JONES CLASSIS PRAEFECTO. (ornament) / in exergue: COMITIA AMERICANA.
Rev: HOSTIVM NAVIBVS CAPTIS AVT FVGATIS. / in exergue: AD ORAM SCOTIAE XXIII. SEPT. / M . DCCLXXVIIII. / signed: DUPRÉ. F.
Edge: (pointing hand) CUIVRE [extremely small mark]
Restruck with the first obverse and the first reverse.
Rev: HOSTIVM NAVIBVS CAPTIS AVT FVGATIS. / in exergue: AD ORAM SCOTIAE XXIII. SEPT. / M . DCCLXXVIIII. / signed: DUPRÉ. F.
Edge: (pointing hand) CUIVRE [extremely small mark]
Restruck with the first obverse and the first reverse.