The 'Bello et Pace' motto — "In War and Peace" — refers directly to the Treaty of Utrecht, signed in April 1713, which ended Britain's involvement in the War of the Spanish Succession. These pattern farthings were struck as part of a broader trial of proposed coinage designs that year, never advancing to general circulation. Anne died in August 1714, and the entire projected copper series died with her reign.
The 'Bello et Pace' motto — "In War and Peace" — refers directly to the Treaty of Utrecht, signed in April 1713, which ended Britain's involvement in the War of the Spanish Succession. These pattern farthings were struck as part of a broader trial of proposed coinage designs that year, never advancing to general circulation. Anne died in August 1714, and the entire projected copper series died with her reign.