NETHERLANDS Restrike Medal 1670 (2007) Admiral De Ruyter / Four Days Battle. 140 grams of pure silver! NGC MS 65

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Certification details

Certification number: 5787592-008

Grade: MS 65

Nominal value: SILVER

Mint Mark: MI-522-168

Variety: ADMIRAL DE RUYTER ; MODERN RESTRIKE

Year: 1670 G.BRIT

1670, Netherlands. Admiral De Ruyter / Four Days Battle. Silver Restrike Medal. (140gm!) NGC MS-65!


Mint Place: Utrecht
Medallist: Jules Clément Chaplain
Mint Year: dated 1670, restruck 2007.
Condition: Certified and graded by NGC as MS-62!
Reference: Eimer 239 var. (here a restrike), MK-522-168 var. (here a restrike!).
Denomination: Medal - Admiral Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter (1607-1676) / the Four Days Battle of 1670.
Material: Silver (.999)
Diameter: 72mm
Weight: 140gm

Obverse: Armored and draped bust of the Admiral, wearing the Saint Michael Order on a large chain.
Legend: MICHAEL DE RVITER PROVINCIARVM CONFOEDERAT : / BELGIC : ARCHITHA : - LASSVS DVX ET EQVES .

Reverse: Scene from the "Four Days Battle", whowing aval battle showing several Battleships and some life-saving boats in which crew members are leaving a dismasted burning ship.
Exergue: PVGNANDO .

The Four Days' Battle, also known as the Four Days' Fight in some English sources and as Vierdaagse Zeeslag in Dutch, was a naval battle of the Second Anglo-Dutch War. Fought from 1 June to 4 June 1666 in the Julian or Old Style calendar that was then used in England, in the southern North Sea, it began off the Flemish coast and ended near the English coast. It remains one of the longest naval engagements in history. Dutch accounts referred to its dates as 11 June to 14 June 1666 by using the New Style calendar.

The Dutch inflicted significant damage on the English fleet, which lost ten ships in total, with over 1,000 men killed, including two vice-admirals, Sir Christopher Myngs and Sir William Berkeley, and almost 2,000 English were taken prisoner including a third vice-admiral, George Ayscue. Dutch losses were four ships destroyed by fire and over 1,550 men killed, including Lieutenant Admiral Cornelis Evertsen, Vice Admiral Abraham van der Hulst and Rear Admiral Frederik Stachouwer. Although the result was a clear Dutch victory, it did not render the English fleet incapable of further action, as it was able to prevent a Dutch attempt to attack and destroy it at anchor in the Thames estuary in early July. After quickly refitting, the English fleet defeated the Dutch fleet off the North Foreland on 25 July in the St. James's Day Battle.




Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter (24 March 1607 – 29 April 1676) was a Dutch admiral. Widely celebrated and regarded as one of the most skilled admirals in history, De Ruyter is arguably most famous for his achievements with the Dutch Navy during the Anglo-Dutch Wars. He fought the English and French forces and scored several critical victories, with the Raid on the Medway being the most famous among them.

Often dubbed a Dutch folk hero, De Ruyter is one of a few select officers in the history of the Dutch navy to hold the title of the lieutenant admiral (Dutch: luitenant-admiraal). Reportedly beloved by his subordinates and seamen, De Ruyter was commonly nicknamed Bestevaêr (Middle Dutch for "grandfather") during his service, a nickname that is sometimes still used to refer to him in Dutch media.

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