BRITISH CONDER TOKENS
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BRITISH CONDER TOKENS
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The Conder tokens of the late eighteenth century came into being out of necessity. The British government had ceased production of copper coinage in 1775 and light weight forgeries soon circulated in large numbers. Many exasperated tradespeople demonstrated their independence and commonsense by issuing small change of their own. Much of the legitimate regal coinage was worn thin beyond recognition. Collecting Conder tokens, named after James Conder who originally indexed the varieties of tokens available, has been popular since shortly after they were first manufactured, resulting in the availability today of many highly preserved examples for collectors. In spite of being illegal, the tokens immediately became extremely popular and accepted locally as a regular medium of exchange. Most of these tokens were of good weight and material, equal at least to that of the genuine regal coinage.

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England Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire
England Cornwall, Cumberland, Derbyshire, Devonshire, Dorsetshire, Durham, Essex
England Gloucestershire, Hampshire
England Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire
England Middlesex  D&H #1-360
England Middlesex  D&H #361-910
England Middlesex  D&H #911-1000
England Middlesex  D&H #1001-1161
England Monmouthshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Northumberland, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire
England Shropshire, Somersetshire
England Staffordshire, Suffolk
England Surrey, Sussex
England Warwickshire  Part 1   D&H #1 - 234
England Warwickshire  Part 2   D&H #235+
England Westmoreland, Wiltshire, Worcestershire, Yorkshire
Wales Anglesey, North Wales, South Wales, Carmarthenshire, Carnarvonshire, Glamorganshire, Pembrokeshire
Scotland Aberdeenshire, Invernesshire, Lanarkshire, Lothian, Perthshire
Ireland Cork, Dublin, Wexford, Wicklow
Date of last update: 12/01/2023