Description obverse

France, symbolised by Minerva, helmeted and armed with a spear, protecting the British leopard, thanks to her shield decorated with three lilies, and young America in the guise of Hercules as a child, seated in his swaddling clothes on a shield (representing the military origin of the new nation), choking two snakes, which refer to the victories over the armies of Generals Burgoyne at Saratoga and Cornwallis at Yorktown. NON SINE DIIS ANIMOSUS INFANS., 17/19 OCT. 1777/1781, RF, 2023

Description reverse

The reverse side depicts "Liberty", the left profile bust of a slender young woman, an American representation of Liberty. Her unbound hair fluttering in the wind, a staff topped by the cap of liberty resting on her right shoulder. LIBERTAS AMERICANA, 250 EURO, 4 JUIL.1776

Remarks

Antique finish