Excerpt from Annals of the Coinage of Great Britain and Its Dependencies, Vol. 2: From the Earliest Period of Authentic History to the Reign of Victoria It was therefore forbidden to buy or barter for any such tokens, or to issue any of them in payments, except to such as had made them, or caused them to be made, under the pretence before mentioned. And it was further declared not to be lawful for any person or persons whatsoever (without special license from his majesty in that behalf) to make, or cause to be made, any brass or copper money or tokens, on pain of such punishment as by the laws of the kingdom might be justly in icted on the contemners of his majesty's authority? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

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