Coins, Historical Medals & Paper Money

Capture of the French Treasure Ships Marquis d’Antin and Louis Erasmus in the North Atlantic, 1745, a copper medal by J. Kirk, five ships engaged in battle, rev. two infant Fames, each holding oval frame with busts of James Talbot and John Morecock, procession of horse-drawn wagons below, 37mm (MI II, 597/246; E 594; Betts 381). Extremely fine and very rare [slabbed PCGS MS62 BN] £500-600

On 10 July 1745 Capt James Talbot in the Prince Frederick and Capt John Morecock in the Duke captured two of three French ships sailing back from Lima with almost 2.4 million ounces of Spanish treasure, then valued at £800,000. The treasure was conveyed from Bristol to the Tower of London in 45 wagons on 1 and 2 October 1745