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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PaddyB, post: 3102440, member: 40017&quot;]I have seen a few of the Lloyds counter-stamped coins, but they are outside my collecting area so I have generally moved them on fairly quickly. As you say, the other counter-stamp is probably untraceable. </p><p>Not sure about coins continuing to be struck with 1797 for years afterwards - I haven&#039;t found any authoritative reference stating this, although it would not be unusual. Both the 1804 Bank of England dollar and the 1758 shilling certainly were. They could not have gone on for too long as the new designs were out in 1806. They did strike 1798 Isle of Man pennies as well, so it would seem that if they wanted to they could easily have shifted dates.</p><p>I see many more decent 1797 Twopences than Pennies at the moment. Partly this is because the twopence was unpopular and struck only in this year - I think people put a lot away as souvenirs. Partly I fear it is also because our friends in the East are making copies!</p><p><br /></p><p>The calendar token is interesting because it is part of a long tradition of this sort of thing - I have had examples in brass back to the 1780s, though in those cases they have recorded Religious festivals rather than lighting up times.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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