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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Larry Moran, post: 1248335, member: 4580&quot;]<b>Wales, Anglesey DH 299 halfpenny</b></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><font face="arial">I traveled five miles and attended the ANA World&#039;s Fair of Money on Wednesday and can tell you that I greatly prefer </font></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><font face="arial">buying from my regular dealer, because I have days to decide if I want to keep and pay for a particular token.</font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><font face="arial">I seldom return anything, but have on occasion.&nbsp; After I decide to keep an item, I send a check.</font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><font face="arial">But I did buy three items at the show, two 1797 British cartwheel twopence coins and this Conder token </font></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><font face="arial">that used ot belong to <b>R. Dalton,</b> of Dalton &amp; Hamer.&nbsp; I&#039;m pleased to have a token from his collection.</font></span></p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s in a bit lower grade than I usually buy, but this Conder Token has an interesting provenance.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is Anglesey halfpenny<b> DH 299 • Druid / Parys Mining Co. Cypher</b> rated Common, </p><p>h<i>owever, DH 299 is supposed to have a plain edge and mine does not. </i></p><p><i>&nbsp;I guess this was missed by the dealer, and by Dalton, or during a later edition/revision.</i></p><p><i>This warrants more research methinks. Perhaps mine should be <b>DH-299a</b>.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Edge reads:<b> PAYABLE IN ANGLESEY&nbsp;&nbsp; LONDON&nbsp;&nbsp; OR&nbsp;&nbsp; LIVERPOOL&nbsp;&nbsp; •&nbsp; X&nbsp; •</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g254/Larrymo123/After 12-6-10/Picture14-2.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g254/Larrymo123/After 12-6-10/Picture10-5.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g254/Larrymo123/After 12-6-10/Picture16-1.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><i>ANA Member No. K-3148636</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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