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Auction: 23006 - The Official COINEX Auction at Spink
Lot: 227

(x) PCGS SP61 | Union of England and Scotland, AR Medal, 1707, by John Croker, ANNA • D : G • MAG : BRI : FR : ET • HIB : REG :, crowned and draped bust left, rev. MAII • I • MDCCVII, British shield within the Garter, upon a pedestal inscribed with the double cypher of AR; supported by Lion and Unicorn, edge plain, 47mm, 12h (Eimer 424; MI ii, 295/107-10), some partial carbonisation and staining, otherwise lustrous under darkened surfaces, with petrol blue and ochre accentuation, extremely fine, in PCGS holder, graded SP61 (Cert. #622427.61)

Provenance

Heritage Auction 3102, 2nd November 2022, lot 32554

Bernard Pearl, Spink NYINC Sale 374, 16 January 2022, lot 188

Baldwins, by private treaty, c. 1965 - £7.10.0




There are two different dies used for the obverse of this medal; one has the shoulder straps plain, the other decorated. The Act of Union between England and Scotland received the royal assent on the 6th March 1707, and came into operation on the 1st May following. The Union is indicated on this medal by the English and Scottish coat of arms being impaled in the first and fourth quarters, in the conjunction of the crosses of St. George and St. Andrew upon one shield, and in the rose and thistle growing upon one stalk on the other.


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Estimate
£2,000 to £2,500

Starting price
£1800