Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 52 18 Nov 2020
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British Historical Medals, James II, The Spanish Wreck Recovered, 1687, a modern heavy silver reproduction [1971] of George Bower's medal, by Dennis F. Payne for the Crown Agents for the Turks and Caicos Islands, conjoined busts r., rev. the salvage operation, a small row-boat to the fore with, beyond, the ship "Algier Rose", SEMPER TIBI PENDEAT HAMUS, 54mm., 104.99gms. (cf. MI.619/33; Eimer 285, note; cf. Betts 67; cf. MH.71), numbered 391 of issue believed 1000, with certificate, in case of issue, mint state
This medal commemorates the recovery of £300,000 worth of silver from a Spanish ship wrecked in the West Indies. An initial attempt to recover the treasure during the reign of Charles II had been unsuccessful, but a second expedition underwritten by Christopher, Duke of Albemarle, achieved its aim. The medals, of which this is a modern reproduction, were given to the venture's financial backers and to the king, who gave them out to friends.
(120-150 GBP)
This medal commemorates the recovery of £300,000 worth of silver from a Spanish ship wrecked in the West Indies. An initial attempt to recover the treasure during the reign of Charles II had been unsuccessful, but a second expedition underwritten by Christopher, Duke of Albemarle, achieved its aim. The medals, of which this is a modern reproduction, were given to the venture's financial backers and to the king, who gave them out to friends.
(120-150 GBP)