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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Larry Moran, post: 1320744, member: 4580&quot;]<b>W-man tentatively identified.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the latest information on the W man for whom the DH1a tokens were countermarked.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thomas Welch signed this 2/6 scrip from the workhouse, and may have been the force behind striking the tokens in metal.</p><p>There is a series of scrip in various denominations and designs, but I do not collect paper.</p><p>The scrip was printed after 1800, after the Conder tokens had been made illegal to pass.</p><p>None of this scrip was apparently ever issued, and perhaps only three sets were printed.</p><p>The most complete group is archived in the Birmingham Museum.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I now suspect Mr. James Welch, an overseer of the workhouse, is our <b>W</b> man.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for help to dealers Bill McKivor and Gary Groll. Gary provided the image.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g254/Larrymo123/After 12-6-10/download.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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