Castorland Restrike

443, Lot: 710. Estimate $100. Sold for $65. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MEDALS, New York. Castorland. Restrike AR Medal (33mm, 17.73 g, 12h). Paris mint. Dies by Duvivier. Dated 1796 (but struck circa 1880 to 1898, and 1901). FRANCO-AMERICANA COLONIA, laureate and veiled head left, wearing mural crown; DUV. below; CASTORLAND/1796 in two lines in exergue / SALVE MAGNA PARENS FRUGUM, Liberty standing left, holding cornucopia and drawing maple sap for syrup; in exergue, recumbent beaver right and D · V ·. Edge: (cornucopia) 1 ARGEN. Rulau-NY-33; Breen 1064. As made, lightly toned, hairlines.

Castorland, New York was founded in 1792 by a group of French refugees fleeing from the French Revolution. Castorland (Couch-sach-ra-ga to the Native Americans there) translates to "Land of the Beaver." By 1814, numerous hardships forced the colonists to abandon the settlement