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| Great Britain. Queen Anne (1707-1714) Acts of Union AR Medalet |
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Attribution: Eimer# 424b
Date: 1707
Obverse: ANNA·D:G:MAG:BRI:FR:ET·HIB:REG:, draped bust left
Reverse: MAII · I MDCCVII HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE A R, crowned British coat-of-arms within lettered garter, between wreaths of palm and laurel branches, all set upon pediment inscribed with A R cypher. Crowned lion facing to left, unicorn to right, Union shield below. Collar of George and the Garter over crossed cruciform scepters below.
Size: 25.64mm
Weight: 6.79 grams
Rarity:  5
Description: nearing VF. From the Tom D Slater (Slater's Americana) Collection of British and related Coinages. Commemorating the Union of England and Scotland in 1707. Queen Anne Stuart became Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland on 8 March 1702. On 1 May 1707, under the Acts of Union, two of her realms (the kingdoms of England and Scotland) united as a single sovereign state known as Great Britain. Engraver: John Croker.
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