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Charmy's Long Beach Conder Newps!
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I picked up several new Conder tokens at the Long Beach show, some of which were from Stefanie/Coinsarefun. Of course, I had Todd photograph them for me. A couple of these pieces are pretty rare or scarce, and I'm very pleased to add them to my collection. You can see my entire Conder collection HERE.
This snake/crocodile Conder is scarce with 75-150 known, but even more scarce in this high grade with full details on the snake
This plain edge variety is extremely rare with only 1-10 known
This White Metal anti-slavery Conder token is very rare
This Conder is also scarce
This snake/crocodile Conder is scarce with 75-150 known, but even more scarce in this high grade with full details on the snake
This plain edge variety is extremely rare with only 1-10 known
This White Metal anti-slavery Conder token is very rare
This Conder is also scarce
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<< <i>Sooooo....you are the one who got that white metal anti slavery token eh? I would have been all over that had I seen it 1st. Congrats! >>
Yeah I waned that one too!
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I confess I would have no confidence in grading these things.
TD
<< <i>Great looking coins.
I confess I would have no confidence in grading these things. >>
Though I am by no means an expert in grading Conder tokens, I know it can be tricky because you need to have some information on the dies for specific designs were made as well as how a particular design was originally struck and whether flatness on a particular token is simply a striking issue or wear. For instance, I also have the snake/gator Conder in MS62, though with all the detail missing on the critters you'd think it would grade only XF or less, but you would need to know that the flatness on this particular design is not wear but a striking issue.
Same for the popular Wildman Conder - most come with a flatness on the nose and the ones with full detail on the nose are rare and quite expensive. Here's mine, but Catbert has a beautiful Wildman that has great detail on the nose (I covet his Wildman!).
Further, many Conders come in different die stages: die cracks to shattered dies to cuds to eventually a terminal die and it is my understanding that the die stage shouldn't factor into the grade given to a particular token. For example:
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Congrats, Charmy.
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