Obv: THOS. SPENCE SIR THOS. MORE THOS. PAINE 1795, in the center in four lines, ADVOCATES FOR THE RIGHTS OF MAN around. Rev: A pig trampling a crown, crozier, & c., PIGS MEAT PUBLISHED BY T. SPENCE LONDON.
Uncirculated. One spot on obverse. Tad red.
Known as the first socialist, Thomas Spence was a thorn in the side of the crown during his time. His shop, ‘The Hive of Liberty’, was the source of his publication, ‘Pig’s Meat, or Lessons for the Swinish Multitude, Collected by the Poor Man’s Advocate’. After he declared bankruptcy, he sold his dies to Peter Skidmore, who would proceed to mule his dies with others, creating a whole different take on Spence’s dies.