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<p>[QUOTE="Catbert, post: 447592, member: 12718"]OK.....it isn't U.S. related, but where else can you find such interesting and varied designs, limited mintages, made mostly in the late 1700s, usually found in XF+, and relatively reasonably priced? Ssshh, they are called Conder tokens (or British Provincial Tokens) and keep it quiet so prices don't keep going up from demand :secret:. The collector base is still small compared to many other coin pursuits, so no price guides exist and info about each token takes considerable research if you want to learn about the history behind the particular design.</p><p> </p><p>If you want some background, read this summary and context for their creation:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.chicagocoinclub.org/lib/club/ccc/PiN/emt.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.chicagocoinclub.org/lib/club/ccc/PiN/emt.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.chicagocoinclub.org/lib/club/ccc/PiN/emt.html</a></p><p> </p><p>Now to my new purchase. This is from the county of Middlesex, England and is labelled "Bayly's 253" in the Dalton and Hamer reference book. It is considered to be scarce, between 75-200 made and likely made in 1796. My coin is uncirculated.</p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy"><font face="Arial"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: black">The 253 was put out by a Mr. Bayly, who ran a small natural history museum, and had items on display, most of them stuffed. The common folk were always interested in wild animals and seeing them in a museum or even live (see my Pidcock's token - advertising a travelling menagerie) was some entertainment away from everyday drudgery. This token was likely an advertising piece, but it also was one of the tokens that were created for the contemporary collector at the time. </span></font></font></span> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy"><font face="Arial"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: #000000">My pictures aren't what I want them to be (there is more red/orange on the reverse not revealed, the coin isn't as bright orange either), but these will do for now. This token is really struck up so the animals appear to emerge from the coin. Note particularly the snake's head is so struck up (not stuck up <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />) that it prevented a solid strike on the letters in front near the rim. </span></font></font></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy"><font face="Arial"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: #000000">I'm about to dance down the street with exhuberance and had to share it with you immediately!</span></font></font></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy"><font face="Arial"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: #000000"><img src="http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh297/IndianaCatbert/1795%20Bayly%20253/Bayly254Obverse.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></span></font></font></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><img src="http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh297/IndianaCatbert/1795%20Bayly%20253/Bayly253Reverse2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><span style="color: navy"><font face="Arial"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: #000000">:smile:smile:smile:smile<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />hya:<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />hya:</span></font></font></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Catbert, post: 447592, member: 12718"]OK.....it isn't U.S. related, but where else can you find such interesting and varied designs, limited mintages, made mostly in the late 1700s, usually found in XF+, and relatively reasonably priced? Ssshh, they are called Conder tokens (or British Provincial Tokens) and keep it quiet so prices don't keep going up from demand :secret:. The collector base is still small compared to many other coin pursuits, so no price guides exist and info about each token takes considerable research if you want to learn about the history behind the particular design. If you want some background, read this summary and context for their creation: [URL]http://www.chicagocoinclub.org/lib/club/ccc/PiN/emt.html[/URL] Now to my new purchase. This is from the county of Middlesex, England and is labelled "Bayly's 253" in the Dalton and Hamer reference book. It is considered to be scarce, between 75-200 made and likely made in 1796. My coin is uncirculated. [COLOR=navy][FONT=Arial][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=black]The 253 was put out by a Mr. Bayly, who ran a small natural history museum, and had items on display, most of them stuffed. The common folk were always interested in wild animals and seeing them in a museum or even live (see my Pidcock's token - advertising a travelling menagerie) was some entertainment away from everyday drudgery. This token was likely an advertising piece, but it also was one of the tokens that were created for the contemporary collector at the time. [/COLOR][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=navy][FONT=Arial][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#000000]My pictures aren't what I want them to be (there is more red/orange on the reverse not revealed, the coin isn't as bright orange either), but these will do for now. This token is really struck up so the animals appear to emerge from the coin. Note particularly the snake's head is so struck up (not stuck up :rolleyes:) that it prevented a solid strike on the letters in front near the rim. [/COLOR][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=navy][FONT=Arial][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#000000]I'm about to dance down the street with exhuberance and had to share it with you immediately![/COLOR][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=navy][FONT=Arial][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#000000][IMG]http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh297/IndianaCatbert/1795%20Bayly%20253/Bayly254Obverse.jpg[/IMG][/COLOR][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [IMG]http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh297/IndianaCatbert/1795%20Bayly%20253/Bayly253Reverse2.jpg[/IMG] [COLOR=navy][FONT=Arial][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#000000]:smile:smile:smile:smile:ohya::ohya:[/COLOR][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/QUOTE]
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