English Coins and Tokens, with a Chapter on Greek and Roman Coins — John Shaqi
English Coins and Tokens, with a Chapter on Greek and Roman CoinsJewitt, Llewellynn Frederick William
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English Coins and Tokens, with a Chapter on Greek and Roman Coins
Jewitt, Llewellynn Frederick William
Coins, British; Numismatics -- Great Britain; Tokens -- Great Britain
_Gold._ Busts as before; reverse, royal arms in large shield, crowned.
After Mary’s death, reverse, shields in cross, with sceptres, as on the
silver.
_Copper._ Halfpence and Farthings. Obverse, busts as before, GVLIELMVS
ET MARIA, or GVLIELMVS TERTIVS. Reverse, figure of Britannia,
BRITANNIA, date in exergue; Irish, GVLIELMVS ET MARIA DEI GRATIA;
reverse, Irish harp crowned, MAG BR FR ET HIB REX ET REGINA, date on
field. There are coins also, of Mary’s only, one of which has, on
obverse, bust profile of queen, draped, hair turned up behind, MARIA
II DEI GRATIA; reverse, full blown rose on a branch, EX CANDORE DECVS.
After the queen’s death, the coins have the bust of William, as before,
with GVLIELMVS TERTIVS; reverse, same as before. Scotch have, on
obverse, a sword and sceptre in saltire, with a crown above: reverse,
thistle, crowned; another has a monogram.
ANNE. (1702 to 1714.)
DENOMINATIONS.--_Silver._ Crown, Half-crown, Shilling, Sixpence,
Fourpence, Threepence, Twopence, Penny. _Gold._ Five-guinea,
Two-guinea, Guinea, Half-guinea. _Copper._ Farthing.
OBVERSE.--_Type._ Sinister bust profile, draped, hair thrown back, and
tied at back of head with a ribband, which passes round the head.
_Legend._ ANNA DEI GRATIA.
REVERSE.--_Type._ Four crowned shields in cross. Before the union
these shields were, 1 England, 2 Scotland, 3 France, 4 Ireland. After
the union they were altered to two shields of England and Scotland
impaled, one of France, and one of Ireland. In the centre, the cross
of St. George, in a star of the garter; between the shields, feathers
or roses, or feathers and roses alternately; Fourpence, Threepence,
Twopence, and Penny, values, crowned.
_Legend._ MAG BRI FR ET HIB REG and date.
_Edge._ DECVS ET TVTAMEN, and year of reign.
_Rarity._ All common. The smaller denominations scarcer than the others.
_Gold._ Same type and legend and edge. Reverse, sceptres between the
shields.
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