[2] Defaced coins were often rejected by shopkeepers, which prevented them entering circulation, lessening their impact as a propaganda tool.

[3] Press reports of the time suggest that the suffragettes were taking inspiration from anarchists who were known to stamp coins with the words "Vive L'Anarchie".

[5] One coin, which was uncovered by a detectorist at Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire in the 1980s, has a hole through it and was likely worn as a pendant, or on a watch-chain or even a bracelet, during the object's use.

[5] This example is also the latest of the coins, minted in 1913, which gives a likely date of defacement, as most suffragette activity ceased with the outbreak of World War I the following year.

[8] However, Hockenhull notes that while its inclusion brought a greater awareness to the coins, it also created a market for counterfeits and imitations.

[4] In 2022 a piece of silverware was discovered as part of a house clearance in Fochabers, Scotland which has an unauthenticated penny attached to the base.