1076059 | NETHERLANDS. 1785 AR Medal. PCGS MS63. By J.G. Holtzhey. 49mm. 38.69gm. UPLICI - FOEDERE SALVA// VIII NOV. PACE CVM ROM. IMPER./ X EJVSD. FOED. CVM REGE./ GALL. INITIS. An allegorical figure of Peace seated on a throne, radiant lis above; an angel holding a trophy of Victory and bearing a trumpet proclaims the peace / GRATI ANIMI MONUMENTUM/ ILLUSTRISSIMIS HUJUS DIFFICILIMI/ NEGOTII PRAEFECTIS DICATUM/ A QUIBUSDAM CIVIBUS/ MERCATORIBUS AMSTELODAMENSIBUS/ MDCCLXXXV. Radiant attributes of Mercury above legend and date on six-lines. Van Loon 627; Pax in Nummis 657; KPK 3461; Dirks Rep. IV-2007; Mont. 2170; Horsky 3173; Dreesman 195.

Struck to commemorate the Peace of Fontainebleau, and commissioned by the East india Company and the city of Amsterdam.

Housed in an oversized holder.


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The Treaty of Fontainebleau of 1785 was concluded between the Emperor of Austria Joseph II and the Republic of the Netherlands, at the end of the so-called war of the pot (this war having as only victim a pot, pierced by a ball), by which Joseph II had tried to force the blockade of the Scheldt. The Dutch, supported by France and Prussia, however, made it back down with the payment of 8.5 million florins in November. The treaty confirms the closure of the Scheldt and also provides for the cession of some territories to the Austrian Netherlands. It was therefore thanks to the intervention of Louis XVI, the Emperor's brother-in-law, that the War between the United Provinces and Austria was averted.