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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Larry Moran, post: 1181523, member: 4580&quot;]&quot;Scarce&quot; means from 75-200 struck.&nbsp; I suspect there were many more pieces manufactured.&nbsp; I think of them as relatively Common.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is not actually a &#039;token&#039; intended for circulation, but seems more a medalet.</p><p><br /></p><p>The medalets were suspended on a peony root necklace.&nbsp; I&#039;m not surprised that the root did not survive until now.</p><p>I have never seen an example of the peony root necklace for these medalets.</p><p>A child would surely chew or mouth the token and not just the necklace. They may have been passed down in families.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I have seen quite a few examples that were not drilled. Unlike your example, many examples were pre-drilled </p><p>to suspend on a necklace.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s also possible that numerous unholed copies were struck for collectors.&nbsp; </p><p>I would bet that they were copied, so perhaps some unholed examples are copies (or restrikes).</p><p><br /></p><p>Value for the <u>copper</u> version is about $20 in F-VF or so, around $40 in EF.&nbsp; </p><p>I would say your example should grade <b>Good Details, Damaged and Altered.</b></p><p>Starburst scratches and rim damage which show under magnification on yours detract from value.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>You can find some additional information in these linked pages...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.napoleonicmedals.org/coins/dh268.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.napoleonicmedals.org/coins/dh268.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.napoleonicmedals.org/coins/dh268.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.napoleonicmedals.org/coins/brit95-20.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.napoleonicmedals.org/coins/brit95-20.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.napoleonicmedals.org/coins/brit95-20.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.abccoinsandtokens.com/DH.Middlesex.0268.001.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.abccoinsandtokens.com/DH.Middlesex.0268.001.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.abccoinsandtokens.com/DH.Middlesex.0268.001.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Per&nbsp; Medical History, 1990, 34: 268-293</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>THE ANODYNE NECKLACE: A QUACK REMEDY</p><p>AND ITS PROMOTION</p><p>by</p><p>FRANCIS DOHERTY </p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;... Any parent who could afford</p><p>the price of a necklace, <u>five shillings</u> even in 1709 <i>(footnote 8</i>), was the kind of parent who could provide </p><p>environmental conditions for the child better than the average for the time..&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>(footnote) 8 <i> That five shillings represented some two weeks&#039; wages for a footman, 120 dishes of coffee in a coffee</i></p><p><i>house, or a gallon of claret, for example.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>===================</p><p><br /></p><p><b>My NOTES:</b>&nbsp; Surely by the 1790&#039;s the cost of such a necklace would be higher.&nbsp; </p><p>One shilling = 12 pence.&nbsp; 20 shillings = 1 pound.</p><p><br /></p><p>Generally speaking, Conder Tokens were produced between 1787-1797.&nbsp; The are a few later exceptions in D&amp;H, </p><p>but I believe Bill told me none were struck after 1802.&nbsp; I have never really searched D&amp;H to find the last date included.</p><p>But if you see dates like 1811 or 1841 they are not Conder Tokens.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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