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