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Anne 1708 Halfcrown
Anne (1702-14), silver Post-Union Halfcrown, 1708, draped bust left, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, ANNA.DEI. GRATIA. rev. Post-Union crowned cruciform shields, plumes in angles, garter star at centre, date either side of top crown, .MAG BRI. FR ET. HIB REG. edge inscribed in raised letters, .+. DECVS. ET. TVTAMEN. ANNO. REGNI. SEPTIMO, weight 14.85g (Bull 1369; ESC 578; S.3606). Edge weak in two opposing places, seemingly a weak strike, some hairline scratches in obverse field, otherwise almost very fine with a good face, reverse much stronger.
The Latin legends translate as on the obverse "Anne by the Grace of God," and abbreviated on the reverse as "Queen of Great Britain, France and Ireland." and additionally on the edge "An ornament and a safeguard, in the seventh year of the reign."