Show not english currency it Is now established that the so called perkin groat which has been termed by some writers as the first english edwab cola coin with a date la 19 neither english nor a coin this silver er jeton clon or token loke was minted at tournay in r landers flanders the native town of the young pretender to the throne 0 of england engla rid it Is presumed that carried with him several thousand 0 of these pieces to to the british isles intending to distribute them among the acclaiming crowds had he succeeded in deposing henry VIL VII in view of the greni I 1 rarity of the piece today it is probable that the agents of the british government seized and destroyed all the file specimens they could lay their hands upon |