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Auction: 24004 - British and World Coins and Medals Spring Auction
Lot: 218

NGC AU | Anne (1702-1714), Post-Union, Guinea, 1707, first 'Pre-Union' draped bust left, wearing plain fillet, rev. crowned shields cruciform, emblem-adorned sceptres in angles, eight strings to harp, edge obliquely milled, 8.36g, 7h (MCE 214; Farey 505 [ER]; EGC 466; Spink 3570), light nailmarks otherwise pleasingly residually lustrous, a bolder very fine, an extremely rare variant of the four types struck in this historic 'Act of Union' year, in NGC QR holder, graded AU Details ~ Spot Removals (Cert. #6767932-001)

Provenance

~ Found in Somerset, 2023 ~



The celebration of the Act of Union between the historic Kingdoms of Scotland and England proved a logistical challenge for the Royal Mint under Sir Isaac Newton's mastery. Not only was the Julian calendar still influencing the calculation date for the specie [alongside the separate calculation of regnal year in latin], but the supply of bullion from the Royal African Company was bolstering supplies at the very time the Royal shields were due revision to reflect the harmony between the guardant English and rampant Scottish lions. To add further to this melting pot, Croker's revised second portrait of the Queen to be used on the Guineas and Shillings was ready for production. Consequently the following chronology develops for Queen Anne's Gold coinage:



Five Guineas:

Pre-Union: (Spink 3560; MCE 199; EGC 447; Schneider II, 524)

1706 QVINTO


Post-Union: (Spink 3566; MCE 200; EGC 448; Schneider II, 529)

1706 QVINTO [struck after the Union with Scotland Act 1706, ratified on 22 July 1706]



Two Guineas:

None struck until 1709



Guineas:

Pre-Union:

1707 - 1st bust (Spink 3562; MCE 213; Farey 500; EGC 464)



Post-Union:

1707 - 1st bust (Spink 3570; MCE 214; Farey 505; EGC 466-467)

1708 - 1st bust (Spink 3570; MCE 217; Farey 510; EGC 468)



Royal African Company (Elephant and Castle) Issues:

1707 - 1st bust, E&C (Spink 3571; MCE 215; Farey 507; EGC 465)

1708 - 1st bust, E&C (Spink 3571; MCE unlisted; Farey unlisted; EGC 469)



1707 - 2nd bust (Spink 3572; MCE 216; Farey 508; EGC unlisted)

1708 - 2nd bust (Spink 3572; MCE 218; Farey 513; EGC 470)

1709 - 2nd bust (Spink 3572; MCE 220; Farey 520; EGC 472)



Royal African Company (Elephant and Castle) Issues:

1708 - 2nd bust, E&C (Spink 3573; MCE 219; Farey 515; EGC unlisted)

1709 - 2nd bust, E&C (Spink 3573; MCE 221; Farey 525; EGC 471)




As can be seen from even the most up-to-date references, the complexity of this series has resulted in omissions and oversights from even the most specialised works.



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