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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Penny Lady®, post: 1140308, member: 16948&quot;]The stories behind the designs of many of the Conder tokens are fascinating, funny, and often very political in nature.&nbsp; I found the following stories on a couple of the ones I posted above:</p><p><br /></p><p>The D&amp;H 332A is a satirical portrayal of the head of George III conjoined to that of a patient ass, the British Public.&nbsp; Oddfellows were members of a society organized for social or benevolent purposes.</p><p><br /></p><p>The heads on the obv of D&amp;H 1095A represents William Pitt, the tory Prime Minister - the one facing left displays the horns of a devil&#039;s accolyte and the left is the smiling countenance the prime minister presented to the world.&nbsp; The legend refers to Evenfellows balancing Oddfellows with Evenfellows also representing the two faces of Pitt being equally deceptive (the smile and satanic leer).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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