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Title: QUEEN ANNE SILVER 1 - 4 PENCE 1703-1713 Post by: Kev on December 08, 2011, 06:28:05 PM (http://www.coinsgb.com/sitebuilder/images/Anne_copy2-126x158.png)
ANNE 1702-1714 Anne was born at St. James's Palace, London, in 1665. Anne became Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland on the 8th of March 1702, following the death of both William and Mary. Anne presided over the union of the parliaments of Scotland and England, creating the parliament of Great Britain on 1 May 1707. Anne married the Prince George of Denmark on the 28th of July 1683. She was devoted to her husband, unfortunately they experienced 17 pregnancies between 1683 and 1700. Only five children were born alive, and only one, a son, outlived infancy, but he did not survive to inherit the throne. Anne died of a combination of gout, a bacterial infection and a fever in 1714. She was succeeded by George I who was her closest male heir. ANNE SILVER 1 - 4 PENCE 1703-1713 ANNE SILVER 1 - 4 PENCE 1703-1713 They were most likely designed by John Croker and engraved by Samuel Bull. The silver penny had one obverse and three different reverses. The silver twopence had one obverse and two different reverses The silver threepence had two different obverses and three different reverses. The silver four pence had two different obverses and four different reverses. Anne Silver 1 - 4 Pence 1703-1713 1703-1713 Silver 1 penny, 0.5 grams, 12mm Diameter. 1703-1713 Silver 2 pence, 1 grams, 14mm Diameter. 1703-1713 Silver 3 pence, 1.5 grams, 17mm Diameter. 1703-1713 Silver 4 pence, 2.0 grams, 19mm Diameter. Anne Silver 1 - 4 Pence 1703-1713 (http://www.coinsgb.com/images/Maundy1_Clive2.JPG) (http://www.coinsgb.com/images/Maundy2_Clive2.JPG) (http://www.coinsgb.com/sitebuilder/images/Maundy3_Clive2-519x262.jpg) (http://www.coinsgb.com/sitebuilder/images/Maundy4_Clive2-594x297.jpg) |