103020 | UNITED STATES & GREAT BRITAIN. Treaty of Paris silver Crown.
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103020 | UNITED STATES, GREAT BRITAIN & GERMANY. Treaty of Paris silver Crown. Issued 1696 year Octavo (host coin) and dated 1760/1763 (for engraving) (39mm, 6h).
William III Crown, with elegant engraving on the obverse (Geo 3rd Proclaimed 26th Octr 1760) and on the reverse (And Peace Procmd 1763).
Cf. S 3472 (for host); cf. KM 494.1 (same). PCGS F Details (Graffiti). Some light gilding is also noted.
Sometimes referred to as 'World War Zero,' given its scale overall number of belligerent powers, the Seven Years' War began primarily with Austria's desire to recover Silesia from the Kingdom of Prussia. Since Great Britain had been aiming to increase her colonial possessions in the New World at the expense of France, the strife in the American theater began to merge with that in Europe, resulting in a legitimate global conflict, with every major European power taking the side of either Great Britain/Prussia or France/Austria. In addition to North America and Europe, skirmishes also played out in Central America, the western coast of Africa, India, and the Philippines. Ultimately, a peace was achieved through the Treaty of Paris, formally ending all conflicts save for the Silesian question; the Treaty of Hubertusburg, signed five days later, ended the issue between Prussia and Austria, formally ending the war.
Engraved as a commemorative for the accession of George III in 1760, this piece was also engraved to commemorate the end of the expansive Seven Years' War, thereby having a connection to all of the realms then dominated by Great Britain, including the American colonies.
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