SINCONA British Collection - Part 6
(British Gold and Silver Medals)
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Charles II. 1660-1685. Gold Medal 1667, 38.28 g. Peace of Breda. By C. Adolfszoon. An English and a Dutch ship sail peacefully side by side. Rv. Shields of Britain and Holland upon a festoon of fruit, crowned by an olive wreath. BRITAN : BATAV : PAX 1667. Plain edge. 43.9 mm. Eimer 242. MI i 534/184. van Loon II, 583,4. Saunders/Vanhoudt 1667-9, Sehr selten / Very rare. Gutes vorzüglich / About Uncirculated. Prachtexemplar / Cabinet piece.
From the auction Hess Divo 264, Zurich, May 1995, lot 568.
The Peace of Breda, or Treaty of Breda, signed on 31 July 1667, marked the end of the Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665 - 1667). It was a series of treaties between England, the Dutch Republic, France, and Denmark-Norway. The negotiations took place in the Dutch city of Breda, and the settlement reflected the complex political and military realities of the time.
The territorial exchanges, particularly the English retention of New Netherland (including modern day New York) and the Dutch retention of Suriname, had long-term implications for colonial development in the Americas.