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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PaddyB, post: 1860092, member: 40017&quot;]I would say this is a commemorative medallion, rather than a coin or token. At this stage it was illegal to make tokens for use in lieu of money, although some advertising tokens were unofficially used in this way. This has no advert, and so is unlikely to be one of those.</p><p>From about 1788 to 1820 it was legal for companies to produce token money, and in the 1790s there were certainly some made with Shakepeare on - these were mostly from Middlesex I believe, and were valid for Half a penny.</p><p>By 1820 companies had taken to paying their staff in token coinage, and then allowing them to spend it only at the company store - much to their detriment! In 1820 the trucking act was passed to ban this practice, and the token money came to an end.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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