Suffragette-defaced penny
1903 · Resource
An Edward VII penny stamped 'VOTES FOR WOMEN' across the king's head as an act of suffragette protest. A defaced coin smuggling political dissent into everyday circulation.
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Around 1903
- Einstein's Annus Mirabilis (1905)
- Pop music: the 1900s (1900)
- Pop music: the 1910s (1910)
- Wright Brothers first flight (1903)
- Xinhai Revolution (1911)
- Japanese annexation of Korea (1910)
- Mao Zedong (1893)
- Federation of Australia (1901)
- Einstein's miracle year (Annus Mirabilis) (1905)
- Stravinsky's Rite of Spring premieres (1913)