Who here collects Conder Tokens

[cosmicdebris]

Just wondering and if you do post some images of yours.

 

This one came in today:

 

Middlesex Young's Penny Token D&H 41 only 28 struck.

 

[gmarguli]

I find them very interesting and many are rather beautiful. Considering their rarity, age, and the condition they can be found in, they seem extremely cheap compared to actual coins.

 

I've given serious thought to starting a collection of them. However, I want to get a copy of the DH book before going after them seriously. I'm just not in the mood to pay $185 for a new copy of the book and every time one comes up on eBay I get outbid. Last time I lost out by something like 11c.

 

Here is one that I own (die cracks and all):

 

 

It seems to be a fairly common type. It is a 1792 Great Britain 1/2P Warwickshire - Birmingham D&H-237.

 

I believe I have two others, but they are either in at NGC or in a box waiting to go in. I can't recall what they are.

[TomB]

That's a beautiful one, CD.

 

Greg, I was just working on a thread for the Coin Tangents board about my Lady Godiva piece! That's pretty weird...either that...or great minds really do think alike!

[Hoot]

Quite ecellent - an underappreciated branch of the hobby. Lovely piece Cosmic and also Greg.

 

Hoot

[gmarguli]

Greg, I was just working on a thread for the Coin Tangents board about my Lady Godiva piece! That's pretty weird...either that...or great minds really do think alike!

 

Great minds!

 

I've wanted to post this one since I got it, but could never get a good picture. Finally I sat down and worked it until I got one.

 

The Lady Godiva theme is cool. It's also nice to see an animal on each side. That is something that doesn't seem to happen too often on coins.

[cosmicdebris]

Greg that's a great looking Lady Godiva. What else you got?

 

Here's a link to the rest of mine:

 

My Conder Tokens

[Hoot]

Cosmic - Very informative site and a great bunch of tokens - I looked at each one. Nice how you can scroll the list and each will appear in succession (although "Next" and "Previous" buttons might be more intuitive). Anyhow, excellent job.

 

Hoot

[gmarguli]

Greg that's a great looking Lady Godiva. What else you got?

 

Here's a link to the rest of mine:

 

My Conder Tokens

 

Cool coins! I'll post my other couple ones as soon as I figure out where they are.

[cosmicdebris]

(although "Next" and "Previous" buttons might be more intuitive).

 

Hoot

 

They are there look at the Heading for each Token.

 

This guy arrived today ( Middlesex Summer's D&H 906 ):

 

[gmarguli]

That looks like something out of a Sci-Fi movie. Looks very hefty.

 

Are you working on any specific theme or just buying at random?

[cosmicdebris]

The relief is quite high on this one it won't fit in a regular ait-tite because of it thickness.

 

I am just radomly grabing designs that catch my eye.

[Hoot]

The Cheshire Lion. Very interesting image.

 

Hoot