Another: similar, but small round brooch to gown.
•7 5 .
MB. M.
^ 8 2 . A n n e . C o u n t e r .
Bust of Anne, I., hair bound with string of pearls, lovelocks,
in gown fastened with brooch in front. Leg. anna d e i g r a t ia .
Rev. Four shields, crowned, and arranged in the form of a
cross ; star of the Garter in the centre. Leg. mag . b r . f r a .
ET . HUB . REG.
1 to '75 (various sizes).
MB. M .
There are several varieties of this coarse, ill-executed counter,
some having rosettes between the shields. They were issued
at different periods during the reign of Anne and vary in size
fiom about one inch to three-quarters of an inch in diameter.
They would not have been worth noticing, but that they occasion
much trouble, and raise vain expectations in many people,
who. consider them as “ Queen Anne’s farthings,” and very
valuable. It is singular that the public are not yet disabused
of the false notion of the value of a Queen Anne’s farthing.
A n n e . N u r em b e r g C o u n t e r .
Bust of Anne, I., hair much curled, lovelocks behind and on
the right shoulder, necklace, in gown fastened with brooch in
front. Leg. anna . d . g . ang . s . e . e . h . r e g in a .
Rev. Four shields, crowned and arranged in the form of a
cross; two c’s interlinked in each angle: sun in the centre.
Ijeg. io h . conrad . h o g e r . r e c h . p f n . c o u n t e r s . (Johann
Conrad Hoger’s counter.)
•75.
MB. M.
A counter manufactured at Nuremberg, and copied from the
preceding or from coins of Charles I I . : the two c’s interlinked
being peculiar to his coinage. It may have been struck about
the time of the union with Scotland.
2 8 4 . A n n e . N u r em b e r g C o u n t e r .
Bust of Anne, I., hair bound with fillet, lovelock on the right
shoulder, in gown fastened with brooch in front. Leg. anna .
d . g . mag . b r . f r . e t . heb . R. Below, i . d . r . (Johann
Jacob Dietzel’s counter.)
Rev. Four shields, crowned and arranged in the form of a
cross, &c.; similar to the preceding. Leg. io h a n n . iacob .
DIETZEL . RECH : COVNTERS.
*95. Snelling, Counters, PI. v. 31.
No specimen of this variety of the preceding has been met
with. This obverse sometimes occurs with the reverse of No.
277.
285. An n e and L o u is XIV.? C o u n t e r .
Bust of Anne, I., hair bound with fillet and tied behind, lovelock
on the right shoulder, in gown fastened with brooch in
front. Leg. anna : d e i g r at ia :
Rev. A lady inviting the approaches of a somewhat reluctant
gentleman ; between them, a rose and a star; on either side, a
sun. Ex. Four rosettes.
•95.
MB. M.
This and the three following pieces are of coarse design :
their object is uncertain. They are probably satirical, and may
refer to the negotiations for peace with France, the old man
being Louis XIV., at one time timid in his advances, at another
too forward even to importunity. The bust of the Queen is
similar to that found on the later medals of her reign.