I have found a really good web site for selling and trading. I want to share it with everyone. The site is http://www.MYDREW.com ; They have a excellent social...
I think it's a hit and run spammer. Little or nothing numismatic on the site and I got the same message in a couple of the e-mail lists I'm on. Michael...
Just removed a couple of users and a couple of messages. All things considered group has been fairly lucky in this regard so I'm thinking there's no need for...
I enjoyed reading in an article by David Dykes in the BNJ that Conders could be found in circulation in Birmingham as late as the 1960's ! I wonder if the...
Fellows, Dykes' remark appears in BNJ 74 (2004), p. 174n75. For what it's worth, Nicolas Mayhew in his book Sterling (1999, p. 104) refers encountering ...
The article is "SOME REFLECTIONS ON PROVINCIAL COINAGE 1787-1797" by David Dykes, BNJ 74 Page 174, footnote 75. The footnote states "It might be thought that...
I have just added a basic "search this site" feature to the website, hopefully it will be useful to anyone wanting to research a specific topic in the articles...
I was examining a recent E-Bay purchase, when I realized that on one side was a number, painted in yellow paint or fingernail polish. Is this an inventory...
Wayne, tokens sometimes have a "museum number" or inventory number inked in one of the fields. The ones I have seen were in black ink. Richard Dalton placed a...
I am new to the world of Conders and I was wondering if some of you would share your insights as to ways to organize a collection of Conders. At the start I...
There are many different ways you can collect them. I started just doing one per English county. You could do all from one town, all from one county, all...
The best advice I received about collecting Conders was from Jerry Bobbe who said "Collect what you like". Joining the CTCC will expose you to collecting ideas...
Got the email below recently and thought I'd pass it on to this group for a better answer than I could provide on my own. I am new to the Conder World. Are...
Hi, I recently bought a nice example of Warwickshire, Birmingham 145. I would like to know who John Howard was and what the initials F.R.S. stand for. More...
... I ... F.R.S. ... such ... copy ... help in ... Hello Jeff, John Howard was a philanthropist and prison reformer who died in 1790. There are many references...
You couldn't find the info, Jeff, because you haven't bought the right book(s) yet. That type of historical and biographical information is in 2 sources. One...
... 145. ... obtains ... who ... such ... (prison_reformer). "F.R.S." ... studying ... Jeff, note that you must use the complete link to get the correct John...
D&H 29 Lancaster, Lancashire edge should read; PAYABLE IN LONDON BRISTOL & LANCASTER – X – D&H 29a Lancaster, Lancashire edge should read; PAYABLE IN...
Keeping in mind the last half page of Samuel Hamer's introduction in the D&H book, this would most probably be considered a blundered 29a edge. Gary Sriro...
Thank you for the quick response. Your assessment of the Lancashire DH29a blundered edge makes good sense to me, and I will catalogue as such. Thanks again ...
Simply put they were not a Regal or State coinage, but were instead a coinage created for mercants in and sometimes by the various Counties ("Provinces") of...
... sense ... Jeff, exactly what to call these tokens is an excellent question without a really good answer. Certainly many were made in the provinces, but a...
True, but from what I understand Conder's work became the standard reference for the series until the Atkins book in 1890. That seems a good enough reason to...
Hello all. I was wondering if someone could give me an idea of relative scarcity of various issues. For example, is 'scarce' somewhere near a mintage of 10...
A lot closer to 10 than 10,000, but usually significantly more than 10... There are a number of different scales... and all have a subjective element Marc ... ...
