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1703, Great Britain, Queen Anne. Silver Shilling Coin. Battle of "VIGO" Issue!

Condition: VF-XF!
Mint Place: London
Mint Year: 1703 - 1 Year Type!
Reference: S. 3586, KM-517.1 ($300 in VF / $850 in XF!)
Denomination: Shilling (VIGO) - Struck from the silver of the Spanish fleet captured in the bay of Vigo!
Diameter: 6mm
Material: Silver
Weight: 5.95gm

Obverse: Bust of Queen Anne of England left. Inscription (VIGO.) Below.
Legend: ANNA . DEI . GRATIA
Translated: "Anne by the Grace of God!"

Reverse: Cruciform shields of England, Scotland, France and Ireland with Garter Star at center.
Legend: MAG - BRI . FR - ET . HIB - REG . 17 - 03 .
Translated: "Queen of Great Britain, France and Ireland, 1703"

Admiral Rooke with an Anglo-Dutch fleet captured gold and silver bullion from the Spanish port of Vigo that was headlined in the British coinage.

The Battle of Vigo Bay, also known as the Battle of Rande (Galician: A Batalla de Rande), (Spanish: Batalla de Rande), was a naval engagement fought on 23 October 1702 during the opening years of the War of the Spanish Succession. The engagement followed an Anglo-Dutch attempt to capture the Spanish port of Cádiz in September in an effort to secure a naval base in the Iberian Peninsula. From this station the Allies had hoped to conduct operations in the western Mediterranean Sea, particularly against the French at Toulon. The amphibious assault, however, had proved a disaster, but as Admiral George Rooke retreated home in early October, he received news that the Spanish treasure fleet from America, laden with silver and merchandise, had entered Vigo Bay in northern Spain. Philips van Almonde convinced Rooke to attack the treasure ships, despite the lateness of the year and the fact that the vessels were protected by French ships-of-the-line.

The engagement was an overwhelming naval success for the Allies: the entire French escort fleet, under the command of Château-Renault, together with the Spanish galleons and transports under Manuel de Velasco, had either been captured or destroyed. Yet because most of the treasure had been off-loaded before the attack, capturing the bulk of the silver cargo had eluded Rooke. Nevertheless, the victory was a welcome boost to Allied morale and had helped persuade the Portuguese King, Peter II, to abandon his earlier treaty with the French, and join the Grand Alliance.

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Anne (6 February 1665 â€" 1 August 1714) became Queen regnant of England, Scotland and Ireland on 8 March 1702, succeeding her brother-in-law and cousin, William III of England and II of Scotland. Her Catholic father, James II and VII, was deemed by the English Parliament to have abdicated when he was forced to retreat to France during the Glorious Revolution of 1688/9; her brother-in-law and her sister then became joint monarchs as William III & II and Mary II. After Mary's death in 1694, William continued as sole monarch until his own death in 1702.

On 1 May 1707, under the Acts of Union 1707, England and Scotland were united as a single sovereign state, the Kingdom of Great Britain. Anne became its first sovereign, while continuing to hold the separate crown of Queen of Ireland and the title of Queen of France. Anne reigned for twelve years until her death in August 1714. Therefore she was, technically, the last Queen of England and the last Queen of Scots.

Anne's life was marked by many crises, both personally and relating to succession of the Crown and religious polarisation. Because she died without surviving children, Anne was the last monarch of the House of Stuart. She was succeeded by her second cousin, George I, of the House of Hanover, who was a descendant of the Stuarts through his maternal grandmother, Elizabeth, daughter of James VI & I.