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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bart9349, post: 1636440, member: 5682&quot;]What a great piece of numismatic history from one of my favorite (but little appreciated) periods of time—The Early Hanoverian Reign.</p><p><br /></p><p>This medal captures the era of Sir Robert Walpole, Britain&#039;s dominant politician from 1721-1742. He was the avaricious and corrupt political power broker that many consider to be Britain&#039;s first Prime Minister. Walpole was also a pragmatic and shrewd politician, guiding Britain to financial stability and a long period of relative peace (with France, at least).</p><p><br /></p><p>Walpole was also a skilled practitioner of Realpolitik. By promoting the Second Treaty of Vienna in 1731, Walpole created a new alliance with Austria, effectively ending an earlier alliance between France and Great Britain. This alliance forged a foreign policy that would create a new balance of power in Europe that would ensure peace on the continent and keep Britain from foreign entanglements (which was Walpole’s ultimate goal). While maintaining the peace for Britain, he was able to keep taxes low and achieve a high popularity in a British Nation weary of war. This popularity gave him the ability to enhance his political power … and accumulate great personal wealth for himself and his cronies.</p><p><br /></p><p>Medals frequently portray a history far richer than any coin from that era can.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>guy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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