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Battle of Doggersbank Medal from Stack's auction

I bid too much for this medal but after being out bid on everything else I was interested in I was determined to hang in there on it.

That determination and a couple of White Horses cost me about $75 more than I wanted to pay image

I love the history associated with these artifacts. Maybe I shouldn't have been surprised to learn that the Dutch
were active trading allies with this country during the American Revolution.

But I was......

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From Wikipedia....

The naval Battle of the Dogger Bank took place on 5 August 1781 during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, part of the American War of Independence, in the North Sea. It was a bloody encounter between a British squadron under Vice Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, 5th Baronet and a Dutch squadron under Vice Admiral Zoutman, both of which were escorting convoys.


The Netherlands having now joined the allies, the British government was compelled to withdraw part of its fleet from other purposes to protect the North Sea trade. A desperate battle was fought in which neither combatant gained any advantage, after which both sides drew off.

The Dutch returned home with their convoy. Although the Dutch celebrated the battle as victory, their fleet did not leave harbour again during the war and their merchant trade was swept from the seas by British frigates.

Parker considered that he had not been properly equipped for his task, and insisted on resigning his command. The battle had no real impact on the general course of the war.

From the auction description:

1781 Battle of Doggersbank Medal. Silver, 25.8mm. Betts-590. AU-55 (NGC).

78.7 grains. Deep golden gray with intense gold and navy blue among silvery lustrous highlights. Struck from a different reverse die than that described by Betts, distinctive in the exergue. Presumably this muling was struck slightly later than the standard Betts-590, as the obverse die now shows sufficient rim cuds to receive a light rim filing, as intended and as produced. Slightly double struck. Some hairlines from an ancient polishing.

From our sale of the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, Part XIV, May 2006, Lot 259. Earlier, from Henry Christensen's sale of September 1967, Lot 354B.

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No,no- the kids and the cat are all right honey.
It's just that I got my PCGS grades.

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