Dalton & Hamer (D&H)

Discussion in 'World Coins' started by yarm, Nov 5, 2010.

  1. yarm

    yarm Junior Member Supporter

    Conder collectors will recognize this primary reference for Conder tokens. No reference book of 567 pages is likely to be devoid of errors, and Dalton & Hamer's book is no exception.

    The Summer 2008 issue of the Conder Token Collector's Journal contained an article by John Fisher (sadly deceased) called "The World Turned Upside Down". In that article John summarized the results of a survey in which he asked several major Conder dealers and collectors to suggest, based on their experience, which tokens rated rare or better in D&H were actually just common or scarce and which tokens rated common or scarce were actually rare or better.

    A notable example from the first category (listed as extremely rare but really not) is Wiltshire 21, a beautiful token but always available and certainly not RRR. From the second category (scarce but actually quite rare) is Kent 2, a penny of Orpington.

    The article also highlighted a variety of typographical errors in D&H as described in the snippet below.

    [​IMG]
     
  2. Avatar

    Guest User Guest



    to hide this ad.
  3. Larry Moran

    Larry Moran Numismatographer

    Thanks, for the valuable information, yarm. : )

    I have annotated my copy of D&H.
     
  4. coinman0456

    coinman0456 Coin Collector

    I appreciate the information as well. I'm still waiting on my Stack's winning lots. I'll post some pictures, when I get em.
     
  5. hiho

    hiho off to work we go

    Useful information Yarm. Thanks for posting!
     
Draft saved Draft deleted

Share This Page