Is anyone familiar with this token? I'm interested in tracking one down, tentatively, but price would largely dictate that. I was previously unaware of its existence, but it being SOHO Mint, and a possible first Conder, my interest in piqued. I couldn't find any for sale, so not even sure what ballpark a piece like this will cost in any condition. Didn't look like any claimed owners among numista users, for what ever that's worth.
"Possibly the first coin minted at the Soho mint, Birmingham. Copper, 34mm, 16g. Arms of the Earls of Peterborough with supporters. HALSALL / D (penny). Engrailed edge (Lancashire D&H 1). The first Conder Token, minted to pay the workers at Colonel Mordaunt’s cotton mill in Lancashire. It spawned hundreds of similar tokens that took over Britain’s coinage in the 1790s." (Cited from: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-problem-of-small-change-was-george-iii-responsible.394052/)
"Possibly the first coin minted at the Soho mint, Birmingham. Copper, 34mm, 16g. Arms of the Earls of Peterborough with supporters. HALSALL / D (penny). Engrailed edge (Lancashire D&H 1). The first Conder Token, minted to pay the workers at Colonel Mordaunt’s cotton mill in Lancashire. It spawned hundreds of similar tokens that took over Britain’s coinage in the 1790s." (Cited from: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-problem-of-small-change-was-george-iii-responsible.394052/)
Is anyone familiar with this token? I'm interested in tracking one down, tentatively, but price would largely dictate that. I was previously unaware of its existence, but it being SOHO Mint, and a possible first Conder, my interest in piqued. I couldn't find any for sale, so not even sure what ballpark a piece like this will cost in any condition. Didn't look like any claimed owners among numista users, for what ever that's worth.
"Possibly the first coin minted at the Soho mint, Birmingham. Copper, 34mm, 16g. Arms of the Earls of Peterborough with supporters. HALSALL / D (penny). Engrailed edge (Lancashire D&H 1). The first Conder Token, minted to pay the workers at Colonel Mordaunt’s cotton mill in Lancashire. It spawned hundreds of similar tokens that took over Britain’s coinage in the 1790s." (Cited from: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-problem-of-small-change-was-george-iii-responsible.394052/)
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Dr. Gary Sriro lists 47 sold, with the last being in 2015, so definitely not a real active trading Conder. His database of images is a great resource, I use it a lot. However, he is only one guy and can't see everything, I tend to take the population of sales numbers with a grain of salt and not as stone fact. I'd say this is probably a good indication it is a rarer token in the marketplace. He even states that the populations are a "best guess" scenario and we collectors should all use good judgement when researching sales or rarities.
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