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Could have been worded better…

The following appeared in “The Daily Courant” newspaper from London, January 2, 1705:

“This day is publish’d, Her Majesty’s Head finely Engrav’d upon a Copper Plate fifteen Inches square, and Adorn’d after the manner of Penmanship. Price 6d. Sold by J.Nutt near Stationers-Hall. “