Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BRandM, post: 1295700, member: 22729&quot;]I love your tokens farthing. While checking out your Spence pieces, I realized that Thomas Spence was the same man who issued many, many counterstamped coins with political slogans and ideas on them. He called his political views &quot;Spence&#039;s Plan&quot;, and actually spent time in Newgate Prison (1798-1801) for his political activism. He had a series of prepared punches made, some with only a single word on them, and by using several different ones together could form phrases. For example, one known piece reads &quot;No/ Landlords /You Fools /Spence&#039;s Plan/Forever&quot;. This one was made by stringing together five different counterstamps. Most of the issues attributed to him are struck on Halfpenny and Penny copper coins. They&#039;re fairly common, but would be an interesting addition to a collection of his Conder Tokens. </p><p><br /></p><p>Bruce[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in