1760 Medal Montreal Taken, Betts-429, Eimer-679, SP62 PCGS....

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1760 Betts-429 Medal, SP62
Popular and Scarce Montreal Taken

1760 Medal Montreal Taken, Betts-429, Eimer-679, SP62 PCGS. 40.7 mm, 422.9 grains. Brilliant silver gray surfaces and finely reflective fields are largely devoid of toning, save for some deeper regions around the devices. Lightly hairlined from a long-ago polishing, some minor field marks, nice sharpness and overall eye appeal. No collaring mark noted, struck from a more textured single-piece collar on a quite thin planchet. The usual double striking is apparent at the peripheries. Among the SPAC medals, the Montreal Taken Medal has long been a favorite. Its devices were engraved by John Kirk in 1761, with the obverse featuring a river-god accosted by a most unusual looking beaver and the reverse showing a crestfallen Canadienne. It is at once a commemorative of the conquest of the whole of Canada and of the taking of the city of Montreal. It is scarcer than the Quebec Taken Medal and of similar scarcity to the Canada Subdued medal.
Ex: F. Samuels (4/1963); The John W. Adams Collection of French and Indian War Medals (Heritage, 1/2012), lot 3925.
From The Costa Family Collection, Part II.

Coin Index Numbers: (PCGS# 613528)

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