Let's see your Conder Tokens

Guess who got a new toy for Christmas!

I've lots(!) of tokens that I either have no photo of or I have only the seller's photos.

First photos, just as they came off the camera, just re-sized and cropped.
Middlesex National D&H #219 in white metal

 

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Wow that's a nice one. Silver most likely nickel or German silver it's called. I think.

 

A new farthing token.

 

I'm not sure where my Dad got this. I just wish I could take a photo of the rim engraving.

 

I've got it today. I don't know where this coin was released and where this coin circulated.

 

Generic county token for Cambridgeshire - cataloged as Cambridgeshire County #15. There are 3 edges listed - #15 is PAYABLE IN LONDON, #15a is Milled and #15b is a Plain edge

 

Thank you very much, Sir.

 

You may now remove you junior membership rating under your avatar. You have graduated to the head of the class. :>)

 

The dragon on William Wallace's helmet and the detail in the beard and cloak on the obverse are stunning in hand (Gulielmus Vallas = William Wallace -- the guy of Braveheart fame). The reverse is just as stunning, and I love the detail in the drapery, the shield, and the thistle. The workmanship in general is amazing on this copper. Sorry for the scuffs on the holder, I buffed them out as best I could. As you all know, NGC plastic doesn't buff up very easily.

1797 Ayrshire Halfpenny Token DH-3, NGC MS64BN

 

Picked up 2 tokens from Bill's latest list:

Middlesex Political and Social Series D&H 210 - WM with lots of luster which I have yet to figure out how to capture on WM



Ayrshire D&H #3 - My William Wallace is a business strike. Like so many other collectors it has been on my want list for many years.

 

Middlesex, Pidcock's, DH-447a
Die Sinker: Charles James, London

Grade: Uncirculated
Edge: Plain (not in collar)
Weight: 6 grams (usual thin planchet; weak centers)

 

Nice one

 

Those William Wallace pieces are neat!

Argyllshire 2

 

Middlesex 24 is a penny sized token engraved by John Milton for J. Rebello. It was issued to honor David Alves Rebello, a businessman who died in 1796 after issuing his own private token (Middlesex 309).

The obverse of this example is nothing to rave about but it's the reverse design that I particularly liked. (I've since acquired a silver uniface impression of the obverse which will go in this spot.)

 

Picked up this one in the CICF Heritage Auction last week.

 

Back in early 2008, Spink had a nice sale of Conder tokens that could be viewed during the NY International sale. That was a treat. One piece I really liked was this Birchell halfpenny now graded MS65RB.

 

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Pair of uniface impressions of Middlesex 24 in silver. The pattern (of glue?) on the reverses suggest the pair were joined at some point.

 

I am really happy with this ex-Yarm collection purchase. It took 4 years to make its way to my collection from when yarm sold it to a PCGS board member back in 2011.



You can see the "centering dot" above the lion's back in this close-up...