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“I have not yet begun to fight!” (Ex John Adams Collection)
Printed Auction 43 Lot 350

UNITED STATES. John Paul Jones. (Comitia Americana). Silver medal. 85.55 gm. 56 mm. By F. Dupre. Restrike by Paris Mint after 1880. Bust right of John Paul Jones; COMITIA AMERICANA below; JOANNI PAVLO JONES—CLASSIS PRAEFECTO around / The combat with the Serapis; HOSTIVM NAVIBUS CAPTIS AVT FVGATIS around above; AD ORAM SCOTIAE XXIII SEPT MDCCLXXVIIII below; DUPRE F below. Betts 568. BHM 222. Good Extremely Fine.

Ex John Adams Collection: Stacks Bowers 11/14/2019.

Captain John Paul Jones (1747-92), commander of the U.S.S. Bonhomme Richard, leading a combined French and American fleet, on September 23, 1779 off the Yorkshire coast near Flamborough Head and the town of Bridlington, engaged a large Baltic merchant fleet escorted by two British ships, the H.M.S. Serapis and the smaller Countess of Scarborough. Early on in the battle, the hull and rigging of the Bonhomme Richard were damaged and the American flag fell, leading Captain Richard Pearson of the Serapis to ask Jones if he wished to surrender. Jones defiantly proclaimed: “I have not yet begun to fight!” and went on to win the day. His rallying cry made him a national hero. The following day the badly crippled Bonhomme Richard sank. 

This beautiful medal has the distinction of being the only naval medal authorized by the Continental Congress. And John Paul Jones became a Revolutionary War era hero who inspired American school children for generations.

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