1720 Louisbourg Founded Medal. Betts-145. Copper, 41.2 mm. MS-63 RB (PCGS). 500.5 grains. A spectacularly attractive medal, with rich mint color still bright at peripheries and around devices and lustrous fields toned in blue-tinted brown. Flashy and attractive, with only trivial evidence of handling. This obverse is distinctive, less era-appropriate than the obverse of Betts-144, which actually depicts Louis XV as a child (and was probably the original portrait used on the medal). An 18th century medal with this kind of color and eye appeal is a sight to behold. PCGS# 614114. <strong>To view supplemental information and all items from the Sydney F. Martin Collection, click<a href="https://stacksbowers.com/sydney-f-martin-collection/"target=’_blank’> here.</a></strong> From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier from our (Stacks) sale of the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, Part XIII, January 2006, lot 836.
