CNG 100, Lot: 1150. Estimate $500. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LOW COUNTRIES, Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden (Dutch Republic). 1581-1795. AV Medal (23mm, 3.36 g, 12h). Vriendschapspenning type. Dated 1743. IK WIL AAN U DOEN WAT UW HERTE BEGEERD (I will do for you what your heart desires), Jonathan and David, each in military attire and with inscribed shield behind, standing vis-à-vis, clasping hands; GULHARTIGE/VRIENDSC : in two lines in exergue / De Vriendſchap/'t ware zout/Van't menschelyke levē/Zoude ik om al het goudt/Voor 't wiſt nog onruſt/geven (Friendship – the true salt of human life, would I for all the gold for it above quarrel and unrest prefer) and date in seven lines; rosette above; crossed palm fronds below. See http://www.verschoor.com/penningen/detail/1750.-vriendschapspenning/historie-penningen (for a similar example, but a later date). EF, lustrous.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, May 2008.