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John Paul Jones
dated 1779; restruck 1927
Mint: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 55 mm, 78.5 gm (2 3/16 in., 2.77 oz.)
Credit Line
Gift of John Templeman Coolidge
Accession Number32.155
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ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
A naval hero of the Revolution, Jones perhaps is best known today for the words that he may (or may not) have uttered as commander of "Bonhomme Richard" during its victory over the British warship "Serapis:" "I have not yet begun to fight!"
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: (cornucopia[?]) BRONZE
Rev: HOSTIVM NAVIBVS CAPTIS AVT FVGATIS. / in exergue: AD ORAM SCOTIAE XXIII. SEPT. / M . DCCLXXVIIII. / signed: DUPRÉ. F.
Edge: (cornucopia[?]) BRONZE
ProvenanceLent by J. Templeman Coolidge / February 27, 1929