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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Larry Moran, post: 2221046, member: 4580&quot;]Great, Evan. Welcome to the Conder Token collecting community.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am deeply interested in that period of British history, all started by my deep interest in British Conder Tokens, and why they are so important, and why they have appreciated 500-1,000% or more in the past 15 years, almost regardless of grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have long believed that the success of the First Industrial Revolution depended on four major influences:</p><p><br /></p><p>• improvement in casting iron and steel, and engineering of resultant products</p><p><br /></p><p>• the steam engine (used for evacuating water from tin and coal mines, later for steamships and railroad locomotives)</p><p><br /></p><p>• British Conder Tokens (primarily from 1787-1797 during shortage of regal small change, which greatly facilitated increased trade and movement of workers from farms to towns. It was not feasible to pay factory workers and miners with chickens and goats anymore, as had been customary with farm workers.)</p><p><br /></p><p>The success of Conder Tokens relied on their being struck in pure copper, the world&#039;s finest copper, which came from Cornwall in England, and Parys Mountain on Anglesey Island in North Wales.</p><p><br /></p><p>• rivers and canals (I believe that steam engines and pumps were also used to keep many canals full during summer months, in addition to powering machinery associated with handling small barges and loads at terminals.)</p><p><br /></p><p>These four influences share much of the responsibility for the overwhelming success of the Industrial Revolution.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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