fwo_847764 - GREAT-BRITAIN - WILLIAM AND MARY 3 Pence 1689

GREAT-BRITAIN - WILLIAM AND MARY 3 Pence 1689 XF

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Type : 3 Pence

Date: 1689

Quantity minted : lisse

Metal : silver

Diameter : 17,93 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 1,50 g.

Edge : en relief

Catalogue references :

Sp.3441 - KM18/470.1

Obverse

Obverse legend : GVLIELMVS·ET·MARIA·DEI·GRATIA.

Obverse description : Portraits à droite de Guillaume III et Marie II.

Reverse

Reverse legend : MAG·BR·FR·ET·HIB·REX·ET·REGINA.

Reverse description : 3 couronné.

Commentary

Fille de Jacques II Stuart, Marie se marie en 1677 avec le Stathouder et prince d’Orange protestant, le futur Guillaume III.
A la suite de la “Glorieuse Révolution”, Jacques II prend la fuite. Avec l’accord du parlement, Guillaume et Marie deviennent conjointement roi et reine d’Angleterre en 1689..

Historical background

GREAT-BRITAIN - WILLIAM AND MARY

(1688-1694)

Guillaume III (1650-1702) is the son of Guillaume II of Orange and Marie, sister of Charles II. He married Mary Stuart (1662-1694), daughter of James II (1685-1688). After the revolution of 1688, Marie became queen and her husband, already prince of Orange, king of England. After the death of his wife from smallpox, he remained King until his death in 1702..