My Conder tokens from Baldwin's auctions arrived
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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
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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.
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Nice eye candy Stef. Congrats.
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).
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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.
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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.
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