Betts-609
1783 Dutch Treaty of Paris Medal
Obverse Text: 1783 | NVLLA SALVS BELLO. | I M LAGEMAN • F •
Reverse Text: FVNDAMENTA • | PACIS • A • BRITANN • | ET • BELGAR • | LEGATIS • POSITA • | PARIS • II SEPTEMBR • | MDCCLXXXIII •
Catalog Reference
V.L. Sup. 591
The obverse design present a contrast between a small fragile olive tree (representing peace) and articles of war, while the reverse legend is translated by Betts to "the preliminaries of peace settled by ambassadors of Great Britain and the Netherlands at Paris, Sept. 2, 1783." The next day, the Americans added their names to the treaty, ending the American Revolution.
The example to the left was sold by Stack's Bowers Galleries in the November 2015 Baltimore Auction, where it realized $5,875.
