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La Legende New Member United States 13 Posts	Posted 05/19/2012 2:41 pm Here's a satirical Conder Token issued by Peter Skidmore. This is a halfpenny token issued by Peter Skidmore. It was likely struck in Birmingham, per R.C. Bell. Its engraver's initials appear to have been R.I. Or the R I might signify something different I suppose. I find no reference to a die sinker with those initials. Edge reads: SKIDMORE HOLBORN LONDON -o -o -o This issue is rated Scarce in Dalton & Hamer. Dealer rates it Rare. Report this Post to the Staff

La Legende New Member United States 13 Posts	Posted 05/19/2012 2:42 pm Oops. It's a 1796 token. Report this Post to the Staff
svslav Pillar of the Community United States 2605 Posts	Posted 05/19/2012 2:55 pm Very interesting piece, and in great condition! Lately I've been keeping my eyes open for affordable Conder tokens (read much more common than this one). Report this Post to the Staff
Peter THOMAS Pillar of the Community Australia 2830 Posts	Posted 05/20/2012 03:55 am beautiful piece. I love the manner and extent that those who commissioned or manufactured tokens like this were willing to criticize the status-quo. Not much ambiguity in those words and images. In that era, the government was quite willing to use the sedition and high-treason statutes. The last beheadings for high-treason in Britain were in 1820. Report this Post to the Staff
ExoGuy Pillar of the Community United States 4415 Posts	Posted 05/20/2012 11:45 am This is a most curious and beautiful token. Thanks for sharing! Might the fellow, likely a Brit, facing west, his body and speech shackled, be bemoaning the freedom of his counterparts in R.I. or Rhode Island? Just a thought ... Report this Post to the Staff
La Legende New Member United States 13 Posts	Posted 05/20/2012 12:59 pm Catalog number is Middlesex, Skidmore's DH 520. Report this Post to the Staff
Dave13 New Member United Kingdom 29 Posts	Posted 07/16/2012 6:15 pm I've seen the name Conder Token is that the name of the manufacture or the designer/sculptor? Report this Post to the Staff
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