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Great Britain has a long history of not producing enough small currency to support the needs of commerce. Notable periods of the populace resorting to the use of tokens to facilitate trade include the 1660's, 1790's and the 1810's, each of which have a vast variety of tokens to collect and many ardent collectors. Properly the tokens from the 1790's are '18th Century Provincial Token Coinage' but commonly referred to in the US as 'Conder' tokens after James Conder. James was not the first contemporary cataloger of the tokens but his was the first work used widely by collectors. His book was subsequently replaced by James Atkins book 'Tradesmen's Tokens of the 18th Century' and finally by the Dalton & Hamer book 'The Provincial Token Coinage of the 18th Century'
Many of the tokens were used in commerce (genuine trade tokens or GTT) while others were general tokens for trade, political tokens, private tokens, and medaletts made for collectors. They were actively collected in the 1790's which helps account to the huge numbers still found in mint condition.
There are more than 1000 varieties of GTT
If you would like to see some of the variety of tokens my Registry collection of these tokens can be found here: https://coins.www.collectors-society.com/wcm/CoinCustomSetView.aspx?s=1394
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Yorkshire Maldon - Catalogued by Dalton & Hamer as Yorkshire #3
Edmund Burke was born in 1729 in Dublin to a Catholic mother and a Protestant father and attended a Quaker boarding school. He first entered the House of Commons in 1765 representing Wendover in Buckinghamshire, followed by Bristol, and finally Malton. Edmund was recognised as a gifted orator, notable positions included the abolition of slavery, improved treatment of Indians by the East India Company, an end to the oppression of Catholics, Representative Democracy, and ending capitol punishment. He expressed support for the American colonies and argued for the repeal of taxation without representation, however, he was against independence, instead urging for a peaceful union with the colonies akin to the modern Commonwealth.
The token came with multiple collector rounds and the pedigree goes back to James Atkins. The diesinker was John Westwood.
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Pidcock's advertising token catalogued as Dalton & Hamer Middlesex #445
The obverse features a Nylghau (an antelope native to India) while the reverse features an Ostrich. The diesinker and manufacturer was Charles James.
James and Gilbert Pidcock were the proprietors of a traveling menagerie that toured England in the summer and wintered at their main quarters at the Exeter Exchange, situated on the site of the old Exeter House, on the north side of the Strand near the Lyceum. The exhibition closed in 1828. The Pidcock's produced a large number of advertising tokens in penny, half penny and farthing sizes with images of different and unusual animals featured in their business.
NGC featured this token this week on their Instagram feed for #TokenTuesday, I believe this is the sixth token from my collection they have featured.
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A halfpenny sized token made for collectors catalogued as Middlesex Skidmore's Churches & Gates series #667 by Dalton & Hamer. It features the ruins of the Priory of St, Saviour on the obverse and the cypher PSCO on the reverse.
The priory of Cluniac monks was founded in 1082. Two Queens died within the priory's walls, Catherine of Valois, the widow of Henry V on January 3, 1437 and Elizabeth Woodville, wife of Edward IV on June 18th, 1498. The priory was turned over to Henry VIII as part of the Dissolution of the Monasteries and torn down by Sr. Thomas Pope, founder of Trinity College, Oxford.
Graded 64BN, NGC featured the token on their Instagram feed in March as part of #TokenTuesday.
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Ok, I'll play - farthing sized token catalogued as Middlesex Spence D&H 1095a, the obverse combining the head of a devil with that of the Prime Minister William Pitt, the reverse refers to the Seditious Meetings Act of 1795, commonly referred to as the Gagging Act. Provenance to Francis Cokayne which is about as good as it gets. Our host graciously graded it as 66RB.
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I was quite surprised to see my custom set listed, there are so many outstanding and creative sets in that part of the registry!
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One of my recent submissions:
12 coins submitted to NGC under Economy insured for $2500.
Postage & insurance Priority to NGC $3.70 per coin
Grading and photo $30 per coin ($22 + $8)
Return shipping and Insurance 3.75 per coin
Cost per coin: $37.45
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With more than 16,000 examples in the registry it seems that some type of competitive set(s) could be created for the series. Perhaps short sets such as Gloucestershire buildings 1-11 or Kempson Coventry buildings or the Lady Godiva set of tokens.
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It is a small depression in the flan, the flan is slightly thinner in this area
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Latest tokens graded by NGC. The photos are by NGC, the tokens are darker than imaged.
Dorsetshire Blandford DH 1 from Baldwin's Basement Sale #2
Graded 64BN
Middlesex Skidmore's Globe Series DH 122 from Bill McKivor
Graded 62BN
Middlesex Skidmore's Clerkenwell Series DH 161 from Soveriegn Rarites, ex. David Dykes plated in his book "Coinage and Currency in Eighteenth Century Britain"
Graded 64BN
Middlesex Skidmore's Clerkenwell Series DH 164 from Baldwin's Auction
Graded 65RB
Middlesex Skidmore's Miscellaneous Series DH 173 from Bill McKivor
Graded 63BN
Scotland Argyllshire Inverary DH 2 from Dix Noonan Webb's Robbie Brown Auction
Graded 63BN
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I won 2 Best in Category awards - the first for my Denmark 2 Kroner Type Set, Silver, 1875-1958, circulation and the other for Equatorial Guinea 100 Pesetas, 1970-Date, Proof.
It should be noted that my Equatorial Guinea set only has 1 coin filled, but I am the only one with a set registered!
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Neither of the host tokens are listed in my reference with the I C countermark. The countermarks are likely the initials I and C as they have serifs. Also, if the countermark was to give the token a new value the countermark would have been 1 D (denarius).
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Just receive my grades for a Crossover submission. All pictures are by NGC using their Photo Vision service. I am quite happy with the photos.
Middlesex National Series DH 183 in White Metal from a Heritage auction. PCGS grade 62, NGC grade 61 PL - only one graded by NGC
Middlesex Political & Social Series DH 216 from a Davisson auction. PCGS 64BN, NGC 63BN
The token has more of a milk chocolate appearance.
Middlesex Burchell's DH 274 Bis in White Metal from a Heritage auction. PCGS 63, NGC 63 - only one graded by NGC
Middlesex Ching's DH 282 from a Davisson auction. PCGS 64BN, NGC 65BN
Middlesex Spence DH 804c from a Davisson auction. PCGS 62BN, NGC 62BN
Middlesex Stinton's DH 904 from a Davisson auction. PCGS 64BN, NGC 64BN
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Last set of 4 tokens from this batch. All images by JKCoins.
Warwickshire Birmingham DH 170 in white metal from eBay
Graded MS 63
Invernesshire Inverness DH 1a from Baldwin's St. James auction
Graded 65RB
Invernessshire Inverness DH 3a from same auction lot as previous
Graded 66RB
Invernessshire Inverness DH 4 from same auction lot as previous. The token has excess metal along edge - not damage
Graded 64BN
There were 2 additional Invernesshire tokens in the lot, both of which are MS.
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20 hours ago, Just Bob said:
Those are some gorgeous pieces. Was it intentional or coincidence that four of the five have shields on the obverse (date) side?
Just a coincidence, shields are used as a design on many of the tokens in the series - heraldic iconography is quite extensively documented in England with definitions for every part of a shield, arms, supporters, etc. For some, if there was not a recognized heraldic definition for their family a shield image was made up!
The description of the heraldic imagery on the Coventry token would be "The Arms of the City of Coventry: Per pale gules and vert, an elephant, on his back a tower triple-towered, all or. Crest: A leopard passant proper (on the token the tinctures of the elephant and the tower are shown as argent). "
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That was handled quickly, the token now has a new set of clothes, freshly updated to MS 63. I could brag that it is Top Pop but there is only 1 other graded by NGC
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Just had grades posted for the second half of my submission. Below are 5 of the 9 tokens. All photos by JKCoins.
Buckinghamshire Slough DH 22 from a 2009 Stacks auction. These were actually minted in the late 1830's but were included in the series.
Graded 65BN
Gloucestershire Gloucester DH 9 from Bill McKivor
Graded 64BN
Kent Hawkhurst DH 30 from eBay
Graded 65RB
Middlesex Bayly's DH 253 from Gatewest Coins
Graded 64BN
Warwickshire Coventry DH 271 from Jerry Bobbe
Graded 66BN
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Update: they were able to retrieve the box before the shipper picked it up, still no idea what the grade will finally be. Saves me from having to send it back to be fixed so I'm happy.
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The grades for my latest submission were just posted and one has me scratching my head. A white-medal Conder token with the grade "MS 62 3" (I'm going with the idea of adding the 2 values and making it a MS 65 )
Obvious mechanical error, they are checking to see if they can stop the package before its picked up for shipping.
If you are wondering here is the photo taken by JKCoins:
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I also submitted 5 Spence tokens that have amazing surfaces
Middlesex Spence DH 691 from Alan Davisson, ex. Cokayne
Graded 66RB
Middlesex Spence DH 707 ex. Alan Davisson Auction
Graded 65BN
Middlesex Spence DH 708 ex. Alan Davisson Auction
Graded 65BN
Middlesex Spence DH 713 ex. Alan Davisson Auction
Graded 64BN
Middlesex Spence DH 776 ex. Alan Davisson Auction (all 4 from the same auction)
Graded 65RB
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Grades were just posted by NGC on my latest batch of tokens. All photos by JKCoins
Middlesex Kempson Buildings and Gates DH 48 from eBay
Graded 65BN
Warwickshire Stratford DH 484 from Alan Davisson Auction, ex Bill McKivor
Graded 65RB
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I too have several inked Conder tokens in my collection, one of which can be traced back to D.T. Batty's collection (he is noted for his "Batty's Catalogue of the Copper Coinage of Great Britain, Ireland, British Isles, and Colonies, Local & Private Tokens, Jettons, & c." who had a collection of 25,000+ varieties that were inked to match the index number in his catalogue).
I also have one NGC token attributed incorrectly, but it is one of the many Wilkinson varieties and it is graded as AU50 (I grade it somewhat lower).
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I was also surprised to note that PCGS straight graded 2 of the conder tokens in this auction that had collector's numbers inked on the obverse of the tokens. I also saw another PCGS straight graded token with an inked number in a different auction.
This was graded 64BN with no mention of the enhancement.
My Top Numismatic Acquisitions of 2023
in US, World, and Ancient Coins
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Amazing pieces! As you can probably guess I am especially taken by the Conder tokens! Yes, 2023 was very good thanks to Baldwin's, I added over 100 tokens to my collection