Stock No. 2362	Union of England and Scotland. 1 May, 1707
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Silver medal. Bust of Queen Anne (left) crowned, hair entwined with pearls, love-lock on the right shoulder, in embroidered gown with straps on the shoulder, collar, George, and star of the Garter; a bow of pearls with a brooch on the left shoulder fastens a mantle, which passes behind. Legend: "ANNA.D:G.MAG:BRI:FR:ET.HIB:REG." Below, I.C. (for John Croker.) Reverse: The British shield within the Garter, crowned, and between branches of palm and laurel, supported upon a pedestal marked with the double cypher of AR. On one side is the lion with a shield bearing a rose and a thistle united and on the other the Unicorn with the Union shield. All these are placed on a pedestal decorated with two sceptres in saltire and from which are suspended the collar and George of the Garter. Legend: "MAII.I.MDCCVII." Maker :- John Croker

Condition :-Extremely fine
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Circa :- 1707
Diameter :- 1.85 inches (47mm)
The reverse of this medal is extremely striking. The Act of Union between England and Scotland received the royal assent on the 6th of March, 1707 and came into operation on the 1st of May of that year. The Union is indicated on this medal by the English and Scottish 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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