GREAT BRITAIN. Goree Taken. 1758. Æ medal. 40 mm. By J. Pingo. Bust of Britannia left, trident projecting from behind her neck; FAIR BRITANNIA HAIL / Victory on prow of galley right; GOREE TAKEN MDCCLVIII. Eimer 661. MI ii 691/415. PCGS SP63; beautiful prooflike dark red and brown surfaces.

The French island of Goree (just off the coast of Senegal) was captured in December 1758 by Admiral Augustus Keppel during the Seven Years' War. It was returned to France following the Treaty of Paris in 1763.