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1 Guinea - Anne Pattern
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 1702 |
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| Engraver(s) | John Croker |
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| Edge | Milled |
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| Mintage | 1702 |
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Anne's accession in 1702 prompted the Royal Mint to explore new portraiture before committing to a production type, and pattern guineas from this year document that process. John Croker, a German-born medallist who had arrived in London only a few years earlier, was among those competing for favor — his rivalry with the established engraver Samuel Bull shaped which designs advanced and which were shelved.
KM#Pn33 never reached circulation. Patterns of this reign in gold survive in very small numbers, most traceable to old cabinet collections.