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1788 Centenary of the Glorious Revolution, Great Britain.


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1788 Centenary of the Glorious Revolution, Great Britain.

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27mm

BHM - 289

D&H, Middlesex, National Series, No. 948

 

For me the British celebrating a Revolution a year before the French Revolution began is rich...

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Like the scalloped edge on it too. The "Glorious Revolution" was a big deal and still impacts the current political situation in Britain - that being that the Stuarts are not on the throne, and the monarch is the head of the Church of England and not subject to the Vatican.

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1788 Centenary of the Glorious Revolution, Great Britain.

987808.jpg

 

 

If the designer of the token had placed the 'gap' for William's hair between the III & DEI William's bust could have been rotated to be squarely above the date. As it is, you have to either have the date at the bottom & William with his nose stuck in the air(& what a nose) or William looking straight ahead and the date twisted up under his arm. I too like the scalloped edge.

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Interesting token/medal.

 

The scalloped edge reminds me of this...

 

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However the edge on my duit was done by a bored Dutchman with too much free time of his hands. :angry:

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