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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 4584310, member: 10461"]<font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Great Britain (Chichester, Sussex): copper Conder token ("Chichester Halfpenny"), 1794</b></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1262429[/ATTACH] </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Obverse:</b> facing bust of Queen <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_I" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_I" rel="nofollow">Elizabeth I</a> with crown and scepter.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Reverse: </b>view of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chichester_Cross" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chichester_Cross" rel="nofollow">Chichester Market Cross</a>, date in <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exergue" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exergue" rel="nofollow">exergue</a>.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Issuer: </b>Dally & Sons, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draper" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draper" rel="nofollow">drapers</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chichester" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chichester" rel="nofollow">Chichester</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Sussex" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Sussex" rel="nofollow">West Sussex</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England" rel="nofollow">England</a>.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Specifications:</b> Copper, 28.4 mm, 10.4 g approx. Edge inscription: PAYABLE AT DALLYS CHICHESTER.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Grade:</b> <a href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/37057794" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/37057794" rel="nofollow">PCGS MS63 BN</a>, cert. #37057794.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Reference:</b> <a href="https://www.pcgs.com/valueview/sussex-1600-date/1794-tk-1-2d-dh-15-sussex-chichester-bn/141388?sn=524578&g=63&h=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/valueview/sussex-1600-date/1794-tk-1-2d-dh-15-sussex-chichester-bn/141388?sn=524578&g=63&h=" rel="nofollow">PCGS-524578</a>, <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces23485.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces23485.html" rel="nofollow">Numista 23485</a>, </font></font><a href="http://provincialtokencoinage.weebly.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://provincialtokencoinage.weebly.com/" rel="nofollow"><font size="5"><font face="Georgia">D&H 15 Sussex, Chichester</font></font></a>.</p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Provenance:</b> ex-VDB Coins, USA, 12 May 2020.<a href="https://vdbcoins.com/coins-for-sale/great-britain-1794-halfpenny-token-sussex-chichester-queen-elizabeth-i-cathedral-dh-15-ms63bn-pcgs/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://vdbcoins.com/coins-for-sale/great-britain-1794-halfpenny-token-sussex-chichester-queen-elizabeth-i-cathedral-dh-15-ms63bn-pcgs/" rel="nofollow">*</a></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Notes:</b> the wide variety of British trade tokens of the late 18th century are referred to as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conder_token" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conder_token" rel="nofollow">Conder tokens</a>, after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Conder" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Conder" rel="nofollow">James Conder</a>, who was the first to catalog them in 1798. Like the issuers of this token, Conder was a draper, and issued a halfpenny token himself in 1794. By a curious numismatic coincidence, a 900-year-0ld Anglo-Saxon treasure <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipswich_Hoard#First_hoard_(1863)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipswich_Hoard#First_hoard_(1863)" rel="nofollow">hoard</a> was found ten feet beneath the doorstep of his house in 1863, when it was demolished forty years after his death. Despite the fact that he was a numismatist, Conder had no idea he was living on top of a buried coin hoard! Conder tokens have been extremely popular with collectors since their own time, which is why many (like this one) survive in pristine Mint State. The designs on them run the gamut from beautiful to bizarre, and they are quite an appealing and interesting series.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Comments: </b>I have always liked this type since owning a holed <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi88.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fk173%2Flordmarcovan%2FHoley%2520Coins-%2520World%2FHCV-GrBrit-Conder-ChichesterHalfpenny-1794.jpg&hash=9e20af4302d29e2374616cc5c5869010" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi88.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fk173%2Flordmarcovan%2FHoley%2520Coins-%2520World%2FHCV-GrBrit-Conder-ChichesterHalfpenny-1794.jpg&hash=9e20af4302d29e2374616cc5c5869010">piece</a> on my old "<a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-holey-coin-vest-and-holey-gold-hat.286762/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-holey-coin-vest-and-holey-gold-hat.286762/">Holey Coin Vest</a>" in the past. (Also- note that the token type is spelled "Cond<b><u>e</u></b>r", with an "e", and <i>not</i> "Cond<b><u>o</u></b>r"- the latter spelling is the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condor" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condor" rel="nofollow">bird</a>. Such misspellings are frequent.)</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1262429[/ATTACH] </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1262432[/ATTACH] </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1262428[/ATTACH] </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1262430[/ATTACH] </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1262433[/ATTACH] </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1262431[/ATTACH] </font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="1"><span style="color: #000000">025000S</span></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 4584310, member: 10461"][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5][B]Great Britain (Chichester, Sussex): copper Conder token ("Chichester Halfpenny"), 1794[/B] [ATTACH=full]1262429[/ATTACH] [B]Obverse:[/B] facing bust of Queen [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_I']Elizabeth I[/URL] with crown and scepter. [B]Reverse: [/B]view of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chichester_Cross']Chichester Market Cross[/URL], date in [URL='https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exergue']exergue[/URL]. [B]Issuer: [/B]Dally & Sons, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draper']drapers[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chichester']Chichester[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Sussex']West Sussex[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England']England[/URL]. [B]Specifications:[/B] Copper, 28.4 mm, 10.4 g approx. Edge inscription: PAYABLE AT DALLYS CHICHESTER. [B]Grade:[/B] [URL='https://www.pcgs.com/cert/37057794']PCGS MS63 BN[/URL], cert. #37057794. [B]Reference:[/B] [URL='https://www.pcgs.com/valueview/sussex-1600-date/1794-tk-1-2d-dh-15-sussex-chichester-bn/141388?sn=524578&g=63&h=']PCGS-524578[/URL], [URL='https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces23485.html']Numista 23485[/URL], [/SIZE][/FONT][URL='http://provincialtokencoinage.weebly.com/'][SIZE=5][FONT=Georgia]D&H 15 Sussex, Chichester[/FONT][/SIZE][/URL]. [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5][B]Provenance:[/B] ex-VDB Coins, USA, 12 May 2020.[URL='https://vdbcoins.com/coins-for-sale/great-britain-1794-halfpenny-token-sussex-chichester-queen-elizabeth-i-cathedral-dh-15-ms63bn-pcgs/']*[/URL] [B]Notes:[/B] the wide variety of British trade tokens of the late 18th century are referred to as [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conder_token']Conder tokens[/URL], after [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Conder']James Conder[/URL], who was the first to catalog them in 1798. Like the issuers of this token, Conder was a draper, and issued a halfpenny token himself in 1794. By a curious numismatic coincidence, a 900-year-0ld Anglo-Saxon treasure [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipswich_Hoard#First_hoard_(1863)']hoard[/URL] was found ten feet beneath the doorstep of his house in 1863, when it was demolished forty years after his death. Despite the fact that he was a numismatist, Conder had no idea he was living on top of a buried coin hoard! Conder tokens have been extremely popular with collectors since their own time, which is why many (like this one) survive in pristine Mint State. The designs on them run the gamut from beautiful to bizarre, and they are quite an appealing and interesting series. [B]Comments: [/B]I have always liked this type since owning a holed [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi88.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fk173%2Flordmarcovan%2FHoley%2520Coins-%2520World%2FHCV-GrBrit-Conder-ChichesterHalfpenny-1794.jpg&hash=9e20af4302d29e2374616cc5c5869010']piece[/URL] on my old "[URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-holey-coin-vest-and-holey-gold-hat.286762/']Holey Coin Vest[/URL]" in the past. (Also- note that the token type is spelled "Cond[B][U]e[/U][/B]r", with an "e", and [I]not[/I] "Cond[B][U]o[/U][/B]r"- the latter spelling is the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condor']bird[/URL]. Such misspellings are frequent.) [ATTACH=full]1262429[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1262432[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1262428[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1262430[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1262433[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1262431[/ATTACH] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=1][COLOR=#000000]025000S[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]
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