1792 Irish Half-Penny Token - Found In Canada!

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KHatt Valued Member Canada 291 Posts	Posted 06/23/2018 3:07 pm This coin was undug in Niagara-on-the-Lake, the site of many early british settlers. it's in aG with a pretty flat obverse. The front reads: "FOR THE PUBL(IC) GOOD" with Hibernia seated to left holding a Harp. The Obverse has some readable lettering saying ".... ROGEDA OR" I've identified it as Batty 3741 from http://www.irish-tokens.co.uk/batty.htm Drogheda 3741 O.- "I M Co." in cypher, "Payable at Drogheda or Dublin*" R.- Hibernia seated to left holding a Harp, "For . the . Public . Good 1792... What do you think? Report this Post to the Staff

Crazyb0 Rest in Peace 10197 Posts	Posted 06/23/2018 3:33 pm I have a couple similar, known as Conder tokens. These were private issue coinage to offset the shortage of copper needed in colonization. In the US, they accepted somewhat the Irish Conders, but rejected the British ones for commerce... Wonder why, lol! These were issued from 1788 through 1805 or so, maybe a bit later. Not surprised they be in Canada as well. Similar in use to US Hardtimes Tokens of 1833-1844. Still has good detail for a dug coin! I have a reference site for these on my laptop, will try to update later. Butch Edited by Crazyb0 06/23/2018 3:38 pm Report this Post to the Staff
chafemasterj Pillar of the Community United States 6514 Posts	Posted 06/23/2018 4:56 pm What an awesome find. I could picture myself with a metal detector someday. Check out my counterstamped Lincoln Cent collection: http://goccf.com/t/303507 Report this Post to the Staff
KHatt Valued Member Canada 291 Posts	Posted 06/23/2018 8:28 pm ... sorry, to clarify, I didn't dig it. I bought it from a coin dealer in Niagara who said that someone local found it in their garden. I was buying a bunch of Canadian Tokens (basically our Condors) and he threw it in for $2. Report this Post to the Staff
Crazyb0 Rest in Peace 10197 Posts	Posted 06/23/2018 11:27 pm That's still a great snag, for $2 is really good. Here's a reference to Conder tokens if you are interested, is Conder's original work, bit hard to figure out by the descriptions but it catalogues most all of the recognized varieties. https://books.google.com/books?id=E...kens&f=false Here's a few I have: And a few more references, enjoy!: http://provincialtokencoinage.weebly.com/ http://sohomint.info/tokentimeline.html Report this Post to the Staff
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