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Just received a William and Mary.

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1689 Official Coronation Medal for King William and Queen Mary. Designer/Sculptor: John Rettier.

-Material: Silver (AG) medal. Weight: 17.5 gms 35 mm diameter. -Number Issued: 1,200 struck.

-Design:

Obverse: Cojoined draped busts of William and Mary, facing right. Legend: GVLIELMUS. ET. MARIA. ET. REGINA (William and Mary, King and Queen).

Reverse: Jove hurling thunder at Phaeton, falling from his chariot, the earth in flames. Legend: NE TOTVS ABSVMATVR (That this may not all be consumed.). Exergue: Inavgvrat. ii. ap. 1689 (Crowned, 11 April, 1689). NOTE: The reverse image caused considerable consternation in the Jacobite ranks ans the representation of Phaeton was taken to be James II, who had fled the country four months earlier.

-Manufacturer/Issuer: Royal Mint.

Catalog Designation:

No. MI 662/5 (plate LXX/10) in Medallic Illustrations of British History by the British Museum

No. 140.5 in Spink’s Catalog of British Commemorative Medals by Daniel Fearon

No. viii in British Official Medals For Coronations And Jubilees by Henry Wollaston

No 309 in British Commemorative Medals And Their Values by Christopher Eimer
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    FilthyBrokeFilthyBroke Posts: 3,518 ✭
    Now that's my kind of medal, very cool! image

    Roettier's sons did some engraving, too. I thought I'd recognized the style, James and Norbert Roettiers carried on the family trade I guess.
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    ZoharZohar Posts: 6,731 ✭✭✭✭✭
    VERY COOL!
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    theboz11theboz11 Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭
    Thanks. After seeing what I photographed I notice the PVC problem. Looked at it under 40 power Binocular and this thing is filthy with PVC and organic glue like Pepsi. Received this from the same collection that I purchased the Gold Gilt Victoria from earlier this month. I think he had them in a drawer and spilled something in it. I am going to soak it in acetone to see if I can get that poison off.image
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    JCMhoustonJCMhouston Posts: 5,306 ✭✭✭
    Very nice, that is a wonderful design.
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    trozautrozau Posts: 3,455 ✭✭✭
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    I was smoking with the boys upstairs
    When I heard about the whole affair
    I said oh no
    William and Mary won't do
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    MacCrimmonMacCrimmon Posts: 7,058 ✭✭✭
    Ah, the loverly couple of the Glorious Revolution! image
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    theboz11theboz11 Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭
    After an Acetone bath. The fields are proof and light blue flashes across the Reveres, what looked like toning , flaked off. Not much tone in that.image


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    farthingfarthing Posts: 3,295 ✭✭✭
    Nice medal! image
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