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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 4608675, member: 99456&quot;]Here&#039;s a British trade token from 1793.&nbsp; These are sometimes referred to as &quot;Conder Tokens&quot;, after James Conder who published a book on the subject in 1798, &quot;<a href="https://archive.org/details/anarrangementpr00condgoog/page/n6/mode/2up" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/anarrangementpr00condgoog/page/n6/mode/2up" rel="nofollow">An Arrangement of Provincial Coins Tokens and Medalets</a>&quot;.&nbsp; These coins were issued by private businesses to address a shortage of coins in the late 18th century, and soon well-accepted as currency.&nbsp; Workmen would be paid part of their wages in these small coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin appears in the book as <a href="https://archive.org/details/anarrangementpr00condgoog/page/n286/mode/2up" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/anarrangementpr00condgoog/page/n286/mode/2up" rel="nofollow">#55</a> under &quot;Farthing size&quot; and &quot;Coins Not Local&quot; which are coins with no reference to a specific county, city or town.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1141461[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Obv:</b> S.R ISAAC NEWTON, Head in profile facing left</p><p><b>Rev:</b> FARTHING 1793, cornucopia and laurel branch</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Too late:</b> stick with [USER=102653]@TuckHard[/USER]&#039;s request for <b>Next: </b>Post-1000 CE coin that you don&#039;t have ID&#039;d or attributed as much as you wished[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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