SINCONA Auction 63 - (3/3)
Gold and Silver Coins and Medals (Holy Roman Empire - UAE, Safes, Lots 1479-2021)
Catherine II. 1762-1796
Silver medal 1780. The First League of Armed Neutrality. Dies by A. van Baerli. Armored hand holding a chain linking the arms of Russia, Denmark, Holland, and Sweden. Rv. All seeing eye above ten-line legend. 31.6 mm. 11.87 g. Diakov 184.2 (R2). Hildebrand II. p. 181, 57. Extremely fine.
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A multi-national medal commemorating the proposal by Catherine II, the Great, made during the American War of Independence, for Russia to join with Denmark, Sweden and the United Provinces to trade without hindrance.