1781 Escape of the Dutch Fishing Fleet Medal. Betts-574. Silver, 34.3 mm with added bezel. AU-53 (PCGS).

Bezel attached to rim, contemporary to the medal's production but added post-striking. Golden gray with deeper olive gray toning around devices and across the central reverse. Somewhat hairlined and abraded, but very attractive overall. This is a highly distinctive example of this medal, perhaps once a part of a piece of jewelry,

PCGS# 615219.

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From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier from Richard Margolis' List 47, May 1972, lot 599; our (Stack's) sale of the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, Part XIV, May 2006, lot 235; our (Coin Galleries') sale of December 2008, lot 1638.