Alert Conder Dudes!!!!

spinaker2000

LINKY!!!!!!

Aethelred

wildjag

Is it just me or do most of them appear to be pretty worn and dinged up. Maybe I am getting spoiled by all the great pics that show up here on the Forum

Also I see the all sales are final unless there is an error in the listing part.

spinaker2000

I see some cleaned ones in there.

Aethelred

Those are not up to snuff for me, but I have bought some nice stuff from that fella.

cosmicdebris

farthing

I won't buy from him anymore. He enhances his photos at times - impossible to tell when he's selling cleaned and re-toned coins as original.

I've been burned by him in the past.

Conder101

<< <i>Is it just me or do most of them appear to be pretty worn and dinged up. >>


Well originally the Conder WERE intended to actually circulate as change in commerce. Many of the really nice pieces that have been pictured here are pieces that were struck to supply the collector market that sprang up back then. In the 1790's collecting the tokens became a fad. Collecting the tokens was like collecting the state quarters is today. But since the tokens were privately produced, the manufactorers created a lot of "special" pieces and mules which were intended to be sold to collectors. Since they went straight to the collector many of them survived in to grade. The nice thing is that since so many people were collecting them, even the circulation pieces are usaully avalable in high grade.

Even with the tokens in that listing being worn, you still have to realize that these ARE pieces from the 1790's and most of them are still in pretty nice shape for being >200 years old. And at around $11 each they are still a pretty nice deal for a younger or lower income collector,

Aethelred

Good points made by Conder101!

I do not rule out circ. Conder tokens for my collection if there is not a BU example for sale. I don't really want anything below EF or anything damaged, but there are types I want that I have not been able to find in Unc.