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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Larry Moran, post: 808417, member: 4580&quot;]<b>What copper coinage do you know of that was produced between 1760 and 1796?</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Wow.&nbsp; With the government producing almost no small change in copper, that I know of, it was estimated that by the time the first Conder Tokens were struck in 1787 on Anglesey Island, up to 98% of all small change circulating was counterfeit and underweight. Some estimates said only about 75% was counterfeit, and the genuine copper coinage that existed was perhaps 30 years old in 1787.</p><p><br /></p><p>What genuine coinage do you know of that was struck during those years from 1760-1796?&nbsp; I am no expert and know little about genuine British coinage. It doesn&#039;t interest me at all, except as it might relate to Conder Tokens.&nbsp; : )</p><p><br /></p><p>I have read that King George III would not allow his likeness to appear on copper coinage.&nbsp; He &#039;allowed&#039; Conders to circulate instead, as they appeared necessary in the absence of regal coinage.&nbsp; Other monarchs had felt the same way.&nbsp; I think a genuine copper coin would have been a real rarity during that 40-year period.</p><p><br /></p><p>Matthew Boulton&#039;s major aim in applying steam power was to obtain the government contract to coin genuine regal coinage.&nbsp; He was apparently the only coiner to use steam power until the late 1790&#039;s.&nbsp; He and partner James Watt held the patent for steam engines and the only steam powered coin presses were in Boulton&#039;s Soho Mint.&nbsp; According to reports and books I have encountered, other coiners were still using screw presses.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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