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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PaddyB, post: 2821232, member: 40017&quot;]A few years ago I had experience of someone handling a coin which they knew their ancestor had handled. I found a 17th century token - I have forgotten the exact details but it was from a female undertaker&#039;s establishment (Mortician(?) to you Americans) in Coventry I believe. It dated to around 1665. It was bought on Ebay by a lady who had been tracing her family tree and this undertaker was a direct ancestor of hers! I was delighted it was going to such a good home. There would only have been a few hundred of these made, and all would have passed through the shop before going into general circulation.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also always found it reassuring that in the 17th century it was quite normal for a lady to own and run her own business in England. It seems we went backwards from there and it was well into the 20th century before that became the norm once more.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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