“The coin in this programme is a deft act of civil disobedience, and a brilliantly inventive piece of low-budget popular propaganda. It’s a British penny with King Edward VII in elegant profile - but his image has been shockingly defaced, in what was then a criminal act. Stamped all over the King’s head, in crude capitals, are the words, “VOTES FOR WOMEN”. GO SUFFRAGISTS!
they have better zoom-in-able images on the site http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/iVUVhaKVREWjsHrr9IoOOA
