Coins and Historical Medals

Attempted Invasion of Scotland, 1708, a silver medal by M. Brunner, laureate bust of Anne left, rev. ass preparing to feed on a thistle being driven away by a robed female holding an English rose, edge plain, 43mm, 26.41g (Woolf 21:3; MI II, 321/146; E 429). A few edge bruises, otherwise very fine, rare £150-£180

The initials gfn below the bust on the obverse are those of Georg Friedrich Nürnberger, mint-master at Nuremberg from 1677 to 1716. They appear on several medals by Martin Brunner and this fact was noted by Forrer in 1909, but the existence of them on any Attempted Invasion of Scotland medal appeared to have escaped the notice of the late Noel Woolf