 John Law. Credit Is As Dead As A Rat, 1707. B-unlisted, B.XXXI. Unsigned. Silver. 27.0 mm. 109.8 gns. Obverse: A man lying dead clutching a wallet of letters of exchange and a caduceus, both of no use to him any more. Yet another obverse die in this lengthy series. There are no rocks on any of these dead man medals. Reverse: Inscriptions of some ambiguity at their beginning and end, the rest pleading if only I had more money and money is the watchword. 1707 date, below. Benjamin Betts thought I.D.W. were the designer's initials; Forrer gives no such named designer. This is also probably not a Law medal. Choice Very Fine.
Ex Chris Eimer, Lucien LaRiviere Collection: Part II (Bowers & Merena, March 15, 2001, lot 2037).
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