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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;svessien, post: 591886, member: 15481&quot;]I am not too familiar with bank tokens either.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>However, I believe your 3 first tokens are merchant tokens, also called Conder tokens.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Don&#039;t have any good links at hand, but there is a lot of material online on Conder tokens, and quite a few knowledgable collectors of them here.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The 2 last tokens are Canadian bank tokens, I guess.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In general, tokens like these were issued during a period of money shortage, and served as legal tender during this period.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I believe Conder tokens were issued, partly because the English mint wouldn&#039;t lower themself to minting base metal coins.</p><p>(The 1797 cartwheel penny was a turning point for that.)</p><p>You can imagine they were a common sight at that time, as most merchants needed change in form of halfpennies and farthings.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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