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Suffragette-defaced penny

A History of the World in 100 Objects

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In this history of the world in a hundred objects, we've just reached the beginning of the twentieth cen. A british penny with king edward the seventh on it has been shockingly defaced by women. Stamped all over the king's head in crude capitals are the words, votes for women to hold. Is a deft act of civil disobedience and a brilliantly inventive piece of low budget popular propaganda?

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