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1674 French Colony at Martinique Preserved. Betts-48


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1674. Copper. Struck to commemorate the victory by the French at Martinique, which is an island in the eastern Caribbean Sea. Martinique was attacked by the British in 1666 and 1667 unsuccessfully. The island was guaranteed to the French by the Treaty of Breda in 1667 however during the second part of the struggle for the Spanish Netherlands the Dutch attempted an invasion in 1674. The terrible defeat of Admiral Michael Adrian Ruiter's invasion fleet with great loss of life. Obverse is a bust of Louis XIV. The reverse in translated the American Colony of the French victorious. The bottom translated the Dutch slain and put to flight at Martinique, 1674. NGC MS64.

Provenance:

  • John J. Ford

Item record created Dec. 26, 2008.
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