Beschreibung

Anne, 1702-1714. Silver Medal 1704, 37.35 g. Queen Anne's Bounty. By J. Croker. Bust laureate and draped. ANNA . D : G : MAG : BRI FR : ET . HIB : REG: Rv. Anne seated, presents a charter to kneeling clergy. PIETAS . AVGVSTÆ. In exergue: PRIMITIIS . ET . DECIMIS . ECCLESIÆ . CONCESSIS . MDCCIV. Plain edge. 44.8 mm. Eimer 404. MI ii 251/43. Vorzüglich / Extremely Fine. Leicht gereinigt / Lightly cleaned.

From the auction Münz Zentrum Albrecht + Hoffmann GmbH 46, Köln, April 1982, lot 2915.

Queen Anne's Bounty was a scheme established in 1704 to augment the incomes of the poorer clergy of the Church of England and by extension the organisation ("The Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne for the Augmentation of the Maintenance of the Poor Clergy") that administered the bounty (and eventually a number of other forms of assistance to poor livings).