John Paul Jones, Bonhomme Richard vs. Serapis, United States, 1779 (Silvered electrotype taken from an original matrix)
date: label: Date made
content: 1779
label: associated date
content: 1779 09 23
name: label: associated person
content: Jones, John Paul
label: associated person
content: Dupre, Augustin
label: issuing authority
content: Congress of the United States
label: obverse engraver
content: Dupre, Augustin
label: reverse engraver
content: Dupre, Augustin
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) John Paul Jones, Bonhomme Richard vs. Serapis medal, (Comitia Americana)
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States (France), 1779
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Right facing portrait of Jones in uniform (based on Houdon's bust).
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: JOANNI PAVLO JONES / CLASSIS PRAEFECTO. / COMITIA AMERICANA / DUPRE. F.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: A smoking Bonhomme Richard, holed and with broken mast, faces left in front of the foremast and bowsprit of Serapis; fighting sailors and rubbish are visible in the water and Alliance resides in the background.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: HOSTIVM NAVIBVS / CAPTIS AVT FVGATIS. / AD ORAM SCOTIAE XXIII SEPT. / M.DCCLXXVIIII / DUPRE. F.
label: Description (Brief)
content: General Information: Silvered electrotype taken from an original matrix.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
label: place of issue
content: United States
topic: label: related event
content: Engagement between Bonhomme Richard and Serapis
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: Comitia Americana
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Stack family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.76.23.10
label: catalog number
content: 1977.0393.0010
label: accession number
content: 1977.0393
label: catalog number
content: 76.23.10
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Medal
label: Other Terms
content: Medal; Personal; Commemorative
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: struck (overall production method)
label: Physical Description
content: silvered (overall white metal)
label: Physical Description
content: circular (overall shape)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 55.6 mm; 2 3/16 in