My Conder tokens from Baldwin's auctions arrived

coinsarefun · October 21, 2015 5:33AM

They arrived in the mail today and tried the best I can to show them off to you with the images.

William Till, Silver Halfpenny, 1794, obv lion rampant to left.
Not mentioned in the auction but if you see it in hand you will agree this is a proof. So the rarity started out as very rare as it is silver.....The toning is so beautiful.....a sky blue with some peach and yellows in it.

His mane is yellow so it looks like he is blonde!
Two pics of each to try and show it off.

Skidmore, Copper Halfpenny, 1793, obv man hanging on a gibbet, church in the distance, END OF PAIN around, rev open book inscribed THE WRONGS OF MAN. JANY. 21 : 1793, edge plain D&H 834

All I can say about this rare halfpenny.....is WOW!!
Its toned, mostly red and just unbelievably reflective fields in hand.
If I didn't know better I would say its a proof...but its not,

Skidmore, Copper Farthing mule, 1796, obv female seated holding a harp,
Dublin, D&H 404

While not very rare as its scarce its a nice example.

Last but not least is just about the nicest Wild Man I have seen thus far.
Well struck as the teeth, nose, shin and hair are fully struck. The reverse is just a tad weak on the cipher but very nice.
Color is not dark with some red showing.....usually they are on the darker side.

Very rare and even rarer struck nice and high mint state. D&H 906
Richard Summers, Copper Halfpenny, 1797, obv head of a wild man

JCMhouston · October 21, 2015 6:27AM

That's a nice haul, congrats, really like the silver piece.

Iosephus · October 21, 2015 1:50PM

Beautiful pieces, especially that silver halfpenny!

NiceCurrency · October 21, 2015 2:12PM

holy ****

lordmarcovan · October 21, 2015 3:21PM

Lovely stuff. That's one of the nicest END OF PAINs I think I've seen.

cwt · October 21, 2015 4:42PM

Stunning. Congratulations!

Zohar · October 21, 2015 9:43PM

Quite the eye you have Stef!

OldEastside · October 21, 2015 10:29PM

That is a nice haul

Steve

brg5658 · October 21, 2015 11:15PM

Very lovely tokens.

The degree of spotting on the obverse of the silver token are bothersome. Around the lion's tail, whiskers, and forward leg would bother me as potentially unstable. I hope I'm wrong, but I noticed these in the original Baldwin images also.

asheland · October 22, 2015 12:53AM

Very nice indeed!

CIVITAS · October 22, 2015 3:15AM

I really like that silver one. Nice piece.

Swampboy · October 22, 2015 4:49AM

Nice eye candy Stef. Congrats.

mercurydimeguy · October 22, 2015 5:04AM

What was the final hammer on the wrongs of man token?

brg5658 · October 22, 2015 5:39AM

Originally posted by: mercurydimeguy

What was the final hammer on the wrongs of man token?

The Baldwin's archive says that lot (# 1764) hammered at 520 GBP (~$800 USD). I'm not clear if that includes the juice or not (Baldwin's buyer's premium is over 20% I believe).

harasha · October 22, 2015 7:32AM

Wow!

coinsarefun · October 22, 2015 11:42AM

Thanks guys for the great comments. I did pay up for these......particularly the silver proof Red Lion.

But......., they all are super nice looking.

Brandon.......the only way to capture the toning was to tilt the coin so all the spots look much worse than they really are.

In hand its just a little darker.

nicholasz219 · October 22, 2015 6:46PM

*MIND BLOWN*

I mean that silver is so beautiful. And the end of pain is pretty amazing as well. Copper is my home but silver pieces like that make me feel a pain in my stomach that can only be longing for silver.

asheland · October 23, 2015 1:43AM

You have a nice collection going!

My Conder tokens from Baldwin's auctions arrived

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