Circus Posted July 13, 2015 Report Share Posted July 13, 2015 Some items from the bulk swap I think these are called Condor tokens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
constanius Posted July 13, 2015 Report Share Posted July 13, 2015 The farthing is a Conder Token(named after James Conder, "An arrangement of Provincial Coins, tokens, and medalets issued in Great Britain, Ireland, and the colonies, within the last twenty years, from the farthing to the penny size" , more correctly known as an 18th Century Provincial Token, which is a bit long winded so conder works. Not to be confused with Condor, which is a bird. 15 or more likely 15a as it appears to have non-milled rounded edge. The large flan is 24mm, the small 22mm. 15a large is common, 15a small is rare. The 15 milled only comes in large flan and is scarce. The first is a Bank of Upper Canada token. In 1850, the Bank of Upper Canada received the right to issue a coinage due to a severe coin shortage. The coinage consisted of 1/2 Penny and 1 Penny Bank Tokens. The obverse of the coins carried a representation of St.George slaying the dragon based on Benedetto Pistrucci's gold sovereign coinage design. The reverse of the coins carried the then obsolete Coat-of-Arms of Upper Canada. The 1850 issue was struck at the Royal Mint, London, but the coins did not arrive in Canada until 1851. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circus Posted July 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2015 I'm a more modern era token person thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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