Coins and Historical Medals

U.S.A., Capture of the British Frigate H.M.S. Serapis by the U.S.S. Bonhomme Richard off Flamborough Head, England, 1779, a Paris Mint bronze restrike [struck after 1880] of the medal by A. Dupré, uniformed bust of John Paul Jones right, rev. naval action in progress, 56mm (cf. Betts 568; cf. BHM 222). Extremely fine £100-£120