Category:John Croker

**John Croker**
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Date of birth	21 October 1670; Dresden
Date of death	21 March 1741; Great Britain
Country of citizenship	Germany;
Occupation	engraver; medalist;
Work location	Great Britain (1691–1741);
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English: John Croker (21 October 1670 – 21 March 1741), born at Dresden, the son of a cabinet-maker to the Elector of Saxony, and known in his youth as Johann Crocker, was chief engraver to the Royal Mint from 1705 to 1741 and engraved the dies for all gold and silver British coins of Queen Anne and King George I and most of those of King George II until 1739.

Medals

Croker's principal medals

Croker's principal medals are as follows:

State of Britain after Peace of Ryswick, 1697
Accession, 1702
Coronation, 1702 (official medal)
Anne and Prince George of Denmark, 1702
Expedition to Vigo Bay 1702, view of Vigo harbour
Capitulation of Towns on the Meuse, 1702
Cities captured by Marlborough, 1703
Queen Anne's Bounty, 1704
Battle of Blenheim, 1704
Capture of Gibraltar, 1704
Barcelona relieved, 1706
Battle of Ramillies, 1706
Union of England and Scotland, 1707
Battle of Oudenarde, 1708
Capture of Sardinia and Minorca, 1708
Citadel of Lille taken, 1708
City of Tournay taken, 1709
Battle of Malplaquet, 1709
Douay taken, 1710
Battle of Almenara, 1710
The French lines passed, and Bouchain taken, 1711
Peace of Utrecht, 1713
Medallic portrait of Queen Anne
Arrival of George in England, 1714
Entry into London, 1714
Coronation, 1714 (official medal)
Battle of Sheriffmuir, 1715
Preston taken, 1715
Act of Grace, 1717
Treaty of Passarowitz, 1718
Naval Action off Cape Passaro, 1718
Caroline, Princess of Wales, 1718
Order of the Bath revived, 1725
Sir Isaac Newton, 1726
Coronation of George II, 1727 (official medal)
Queen Caroline, Coronation, 1727 (official medal)
Second Treaty of Vienna, 1731
Medal of the Royal Family, 1732, obverse only; reverse is by John Sigismund Tanner