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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;coinzip, post: 2288819, member: 10938&quot;]During the American Revolution, British <a href="http://www.mountvernon.org/research-collections/digital-encyclopedia/article/john-andre/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mountvernon.org/research-collections/digital-encyclopedia/article/john-andre/" rel="nofollow">Major John André</a> joined with American General <a href="http://www.mountvernon.org/research-collections/digital-encyclopedia/article/benedict-arnold/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mountvernon.org/research-collections/digital-encyclopedia/article/benedict-arnold/" rel="nofollow">Benedict Arnold</a> in a scheme to secure British control over the American fortification at <a href="http://www.mountvernon.org/research-collections/digital-encyclopedia/article/west-point/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mountvernon.org/research-collections/digital-encyclopedia/article/west-point/" rel="nofollow">West Point</a>, New York. Before it could be carried out, however, minutemen captured John André and informed General <a href="http://www.mountvernon.org/research-collections/digital-encyclopedia/article/george-washington/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mountvernon.org/research-collections/digital-encyclopedia/article/george-washington/" rel="nofollow">George Washington</a> of the plot. Arnold managed to evade Washington’s arrest warrant, but André was executed by Washington’s order in October 1780.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://coinshows.us/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/John-Andre-Medal-Obverse.gif" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coinshows.us/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/John-Andre-Medal-Obverse.gif" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://coinshows.us/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/John-Andre-Medal-Obverse.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a><a href="http://coinshows.us/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/John-Andre-Medal-Reverse.gif" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coinshows.us/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/John-Andre-Medal-Reverse.gif" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://coinshows.us/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/John-Andre-Medal-Reverse.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><font size="5">Examples of this Medal sold at auction</font></b></p><p><font size="3"><b> Stack Bowers May 2013 ANA National Money show, lot #2025 where it sold for $300.00</b></font></p><p><font size="3"><b> <a href="http://coins.ha.com/itm/miscellaneous-tokens-and-medals/tokens-and-medals/-c-1860s-major-john-andre-trial-in-tappan-new-jersey-medal-ms63-red-and-brown-ngc-copper-34-mm/a/1162-10634.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.ha.com/itm/miscellaneous-tokens-and-medals/tokens-and-medals/-c-1860s-major-john-andre-trial-in-tappan-new-jersey-medal-ms63-red-and-brown-ngc-copper-34-mm/a/1162-10634.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515" rel="nofollow">Heritage December, 2011 where it sold for $149.50</a></b></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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