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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;yarm, post: 856636, member: 5795&quot;]Robert Orchard issued quite a few tokens during the Conder era, many featuring (who else?) himself!</p><p>&nbsp; According to R.C. Bell, a contemporary collector of tokens named Thomas Woodward had noted in his copy of &#039;Conder&#039;; &quot;Robert Orchard, apprentice to a grocer in St. John Street, Clerkenwell, whose vanity has induced him to have engraved several tokens with his bust.&quot;</p><p>&nbsp;Here&#039;s an image of Orchard from the National Portrait Gallery in London along with his penny token of 1803. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you have any of Orchard&#039;s tokens, here&#039;s a good place to post them!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n89/rwyarmch/Message%20board%208/58a81e1e.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n89/rwyarmch/Message%20board%208/dad6a491.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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