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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 668953, member: 66&quot;]Yes these were definitely an english token and circulated very little if at all here in the United States. They are also not that scarce as far as Conder tokens&nbsp; I believe they were a political token and one only mildly complimentary to the US.&nbsp; It isn&#039;t mentioned in the Notre Dame write up but the edge that was most certainly originally intended for these was AN ASYLUM FOR THE OPRESS&#039;D OF ALL NATIONS. I believe this is the intended ege because it fits with the subject matter and it is found on no other Conder token.&nbsp; They probably were struck on at least two occasions, first with the intended edge as a collector pieces and then later as a small anonymous coinage for general circulation.&nbsp; The general circulation coins probably were intended to have a plain or the PAYABLE IN LANCASTER LONDON OR BRISTOL as they are the most commonly encountered varieties.)&nbsp; The lettered edge pieces are probably not special issues for collectors but were the result of the tokens being struck on left over planchets from other token orders.&nbsp; Not an uncommon occurrence, especially among the anonymous circulation issues&nbsp; The Lancaster edge shows up on a large number of different anonymous issues as well.).</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know where they get the information about a vine edge specimen or the PAYABLE AT NUNEATON, BEDWORTH OR HINKLEY edge as neither one of these are listed in any of the standard references up through 2006.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a D&amp;H 59 with the Lancashire&nbsp; edge but it is not nearly as nice as either of the other two pieces posted here.&nbsp; I considered myself lucky to get it at a cheap price because these tokens come way over priced as far as Conder tokens go because they are listed in the Redbook and are collected as part of the American &quot;colonial&quot; series as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>D&amp;H..............EDGE</p><p>59&nbsp; PAYABLE AT LANCASHIRE LONDON &amp; BRISTOL&nbsp; scarce&nbsp; (about 200 pieces)</p><p>59a AN ASYLUM FOR THE OPPRESS&#039;D OF ALL NATIONS&nbsp;&nbsp; very rare&nbsp; 12 to 30 pieces</p><p>59b&nbsp; milled ////////&nbsp; very rare&nbsp; 12 to 30 pieces</p><p>59c plain edge&nbsp; &nbsp; scarce&nbsp; about 200 pieces</p><p>59d PAYABLE AT I FIELDINGS MANCHESTER&nbsp; extremely rare discovered between 1918 &amp; 1990</p><p>59e engrailed }}}}}}}}&nbsp; extremely rare&nbsp; discovered between 1918 and 1990</p><p>59f PAYABLE AT W PARKERS OLD BIRMINGHAM WAREHOUSE&nbsp; probably unique, discovered between 1990 and 1996.</p><p>and the rarities of 59 and 59c are probably overrated.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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