Holland-United States Treaty of Commerce Medal, 1782, silver, plain edge (Betts-604), 427.7 grains, obv., FAVSTISSIMO FOEDERE JVNCTAE (United by a most auspicious treaty), above, DIE VII OCTOB MDCCLXXXII below, Fame on a cloud, blowing trumpet, surrounded by the shield of France and the United States, the club of Hercules, and other symbols, rev., JUSTITIAM ET NON TEMNERE DIVOS (Learn justice and not to despise the gods) around, S.P.Q. AMST. SACRVM (By the Senate and people of Amsterdam) below a flying Mercury, with symbols of France and peace at the foot of a coloumn, ships in the background, choice Proof, attractively toned

Holland-United States Treaty of Commerce Medal, 1782, silver, plain edge (Betts-604), 427.7 grains, obv., FAVSTISSIMO FOEDERE JVNCTAE (United by a most auspicious treaty), above, DIE VII OCTOB MDCCLXXXII below, Fame on a cloud, blowing trumpet, surrounded by the shield of France and the United States, the club of Hercules, and other symbols, rev., JUSTITIAM ET NON TEMNERE DIVOS (Learn justice and not to despise the gods) around, S.P.Q. AMST. SACRVM (By the Senate and people of Amsterdam) below a flying Mercury, with symbols of France and peace at the foot of a coloumn, ships in the background, choice Proof, attractively toned

Details

Holland-United States Treaty of Commerce Medal, 1782, silver, plain edge (Betts-604), 427.7 grains, obv., FAVSTISSIMO FOEDERE JVNCTAE (United by a most auspicious treaty), above, DIE VII OCTOB MDCCLXXXII below, Fame on a cloud, blowing trumpet, surrounded by the shield of France and the United States, the club of Hercules, and other symbols, rev., JUSTITIAM ET NON TEMNERE DIVOS (Learn justice and not to despise the gods) around, S.P.Q. AMST. SACRVM (By the Senate and people of Amsterdam) below a flying Mercury, with symbols of France and peace at the foot of a coloumn, ships in the background, choice Proof, attractively toned

Further details

The Treaty of Commerce commemorated by this medal was signed at the Hague, Netherlands, on 7 October, 1782. A portion of the legends was taken from Phlegyas' warning to Aeneas from Virgil's Aeneid.