Blazing Red 200+ Year Old Copper Token

Great post and what a stunning token!!! :thumb:

 

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Cat, another great token of yours. I always enjoy it when you take the time to share a token and a great read to go along with it. More and more I can see why you enjoy these tokens so much.

 

Thank you, and to all who have commented. I'm afraid I'm becoming a one trick pony only starting threads about Conder tokens. I do hope I do not bore my readers. It is the history behind the piece that enriches my collecting experience.

Here is a sketch by George Romney titled "John Howard Visiting a Lazaretto" (a plague quarantine house) where Romney often showed a grim figure of a gaoler (prison guard on left), who represents superstition and despotism in contrast to the suffering humanity of the victims. Howard is shown interceding (Source: The Shadow of the Guillotine, David Bindman, page 170 - I own this book which is a fascinating review of British society during the French revolution).

 

there is nothing boring about good write ups and backgrounds and fantastic photographs.

Ruben

 

Old Post, But New Pics

 

There's some red left in this old copper, one of my favorite coin pics

 

Nice token Catbert. there's more mint redness on that coin then on the first 2009 cent I recieved in circulation last month, LOL

 

Great token and interesting writeup. Your posting adds a great deal of interest to the token presented. I enjoy your posts very much. Keep them coming. :thumb:

 

Was that coin really minted in 1794? At least to this idiot, it doesn't appear as crude as other pieces from this time period.

 

Yes, it was. With their steam presses, there are many Conder pieces that are superbly crafted and put the U.S. coins from the same period to shame. They were so finely made that the tokens inspired the working class and the wealthy to become contemporary collector and thus many pieces were preserved.