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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bart9349, post: 3761527, member: 5682&quot;]I appreciate and enjoyed your enthusiastic and informative reply. That said, I respectfully disagree with your paragraph above.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reason for the lack of copper coinage during the reign of Queen Anne was not a result of party (Whig v. Tory) politics. It was, however, from an excess copper coinage during the reign of William III (1695-1701), Queen Anne&#039;s predecessor:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>THE PATTERN HALFPENNIES AND FARTHINGS OF ANNE By C. WILSON PECK</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.britnumsoc.org/publications/Digital%20BNJ/pdfs/1958_BNJ_29_16.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britnumsoc.org/publications/Digital%20BNJ/pdfs/1958_BNJ_29_16.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://www.britnumsoc.org/publications/Digital%20BNJ/pdfs/1958_BNJ_29_16.p</a></p><p><a href="https://www.britnumsoc.org/publications/Digital%20BNJ/pdfs/1958_BNJ_29_16.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britnumsoc.org/publications/Digital%20BNJ/pdfs/1958_BNJ_29_16.pdf" rel="nofollow">df</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The politics of Queen Anne was very fierce and partisan. Political power vacillated between the two main parties, Whigs and Tories, as well as among factions within each party. Neither party, however, was motivated to continue copper coinage.</p><p><br /></p><p>During Queen Anne&#039;s reign (1702-1714), there just wasn&#039;t a need or demand for more copper coinage, which was both abundant and of poor quality.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.numismaticnews.net/article/spanish-silver-filled-queen-annes-coffers" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.numismaticnews.net/article/spanish-silver-filled-queen-annes-coffers" rel="nofollow">https://www.numismaticnews.net/article/spanish-silver-filled-queen-annes-coffers</a></p><p><br /></p><p>g.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Note: Copper coinage wasn&#039;t resumed in Britain until 1717, three years after Queen Anne&#039;s death. The Whig party already had solid control of the government for three years since the arrival of Queen Anne&#039;s successor, George I in 1714. With George I&#039;s arrival from Hanover and accession, the Tory party quickly fractured and fell from power, with its two most prominent leaders either in exile (Bolingbroke) or in prison awaiting trial for treason (Harley).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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