1795 Pigs Meat Middlesex Farthing Conder Token - D&H 1117 - Extremely Fine KM. 43 486 issued

486 issued

2001–2004)

• Some dents/dings

All research now indicates this token was made for R

and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances

1795 Pigs Meat Middlesex Farthing Conder Token - D&H 1117 - Extremely Fine KM. 43 486 issuedObverse: A pig trampling upon emblems of royalty, above: liberty cap, PIGS MEAT PUBLISHED BY T. SPENCE LONDON. Reverse: THOs SPENCE Sir THOs MORE THOs PAINE 1795, around: ADVOCATES FOR THE RIGHTS OF MAN. Edge: Plain. Born in Newcastle in 1750, Thomas Spence was an activist who became a schoolmaster and eventually developed radical political views. He strongly believed in nationalizing all land, heavily influenced by the writings of Tom Paine, and sold