sentences:  On the rare occasions when the Royal Mint did strike coins, they were relatively crude, with quality control nonexistent.In February 1787 Williams oversaw the minting of the first of many privately issued copper tokens, some being used to pay workers at the Parys Mine Company.These first tokens bore the image of a hooded Druid, and within two months time were receiving attention in London as a possible solution to the shortage of small denomination coin.