Anyone Else Collecting Davis/Withers Material? [nice Pics!]

Dave, Withers is the current standard. I'll paste in the books I use on a regular basis for my tokens, with notes following. (Assembled this a couple of years ago for another collector.)

1. Dalton & Hamer, The provincial token-coinage of the 18th century. Recent
reprints available from Allan Davisson via https://www.classiccoins.com. Also available
in its entirety online at http://www.archive.org/details/prov...enc00daltuof

2. W. J. Davis, The Nineteenth Century Token Coinage of Great Britain, Ireland,
the Channel Islands and The Isle of Man, to which are added Tokens of Over
One Penny Value of Any Period (London: B.A. Seaby Ltd., First Edition 1904).
(Reprint: Sanford J Durst, 1979.)

3. R. C. Bell, Copper Commercial Coins 1811-1819 (Newcastle, 1964)

4. Paul & Bente Withers. British copper tokens 1811-1820. 1999, 264 pp.

5. Michael Dickinson .Seventeenth century tokens of the British Isles and their
values. Seaby, 1986.

6. Peter John Seaby, Michael Dickinson. British tokens and their values. Seaby, 1984, 200 pp.

7. Siegfried E. Schwer. Schwer price guide to 18th century tokens. Publisher: S.E. Schwer, 1984, 182 pp.

8. Richard Dalton. The silver token-coinage: mainly issued between 1811 and 1812.
B.A. Seaby, 1968 reprint, 63 pp. Available in its entirety online at
http://www.archive.org/details/silv...na00daltiala

Okay, #1 is the standard for Conder and you're probably using it already. I've used #6 and #7 as
stock books in the past, as they're small and easy to take to shows. (Now I carry my own spreadsheets!)
The downside is that they cover only types, not varieties. Schwer's indexes have been particularly helpful.

#2 is the old, original standard for the early 19th century, now superseded by Withers (#4). (No silver coverage.)

#6 is great as intro for newbies, but also because it covers 17th-, 18th-, and 19th-century materials, including silver.

#8 is the standard for silver tradesmen's tokens, but not for bank tokens...back to #2 for that.

There are other more specialized books out there that cover with more depth such areas as unofficial farthings, evasion coppers, and the like, but since I don't collect them in any serious way I don't really keep track of the catalogs for them.

More than you asked for, I know, Dave, but I happened to have the bibliography saved on my PC...thought other forum members might see something in it they can use.

Happy hunting!
Tom

Tom,

Your reference list is worth its weight in gold. Thank you for it. Yes, I use Dalton & Hamer for the Conders. Now, I have a reference for the 19th century material.

Dave