1080821 | GREAT BRITAIN. Middlesex, Spence's. 1796 Brass Halfpenny Token. PCGS MS62. Edge: Plain. NOTED ADVOCATES FOR THE RIGHTS OF MEN. Three men hanging on gibbet / A WAY/ TO PREVENT/ KNAVES/ GETTING/ A TRICK. Inscription on five-lines. D&H 837; Jones-1718.

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The three advocates referred to are: Thomas Spence, Sir Thomas More, and Thomas Paine, all of whom were prosecuted for their writings. Perhaps a reference to the card game, "Knaves", where having a knave in hand removes trick points, thus if 3 of 4 were removed from the deck it would prevent knaves getting tricks.