ANA Summer Seminar 2004: Jerry Bobbe, CTCC#4 and issuer of the Token Examiner, will be doing an evening mini-seminar on conders with a focus on the history, manufacturing procedures and the coins themselves. This class meets from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, 4-6 July. More info on the ANA Summer Seminar 2004 is available at the ANA site.

New Interview: Discussion with Larry Gaye of the Byzantine Coin Store is now available under Interviews on the menu at the left along with previous interviews from several other conder "enthusiasts".

Davissons Ltd Fall 2003 Catalogue: My copy of this catalogue arrived today. Items 174 through 213 are 18th Century British Trade Tokens. Catalogue includes many other choice items from Greek Gold and Silver to a small collection of coin scales and useful reference publications for the token collector. Davissons can be contacted at coins@cloudnet.com or (320) 685-3835 .

Davissons Ltd Auction 20: Lots for Auction 20 will include "superb copper from the Boulton family estate" and "part of the Bill Wahl collection of 18th century trade tokens". Lots will be available for viewing at FUN show 8-10 January 2004 and New York International Coin Fair 15-17 January 2004. Davissons can be contacted at coins@cloudnet.com or (320) 685-3835 .

DNW Auction 60: My catalogue arrived today and DNW's 9-10 Dec 2003 auction includes 18th century tokens as lots 1236 through 1269 as well as the usual selection of outstanding items in the more than 2000 total lots. More info is available at Dix Noonan Web from Conders for Sale page.

Byzantine Coin Store: New Conder Tokens - all Warwickshire running from D&H 144 to D&H 451h, most uncirculated with several nice bronzed proofs - have been recently added at the Byzantine Coin Store website.

Conders at Baldwin's: The upcoming sale of Coins, Medals, Bank Notes at Baldwin's Auctions Ltd on 02 December 2003 includes a wonderful collection of conder tokens. The catalogue contents may be viewed
online at www.invaluable.com/baldwins . The tokens are lots 226-286.

Davissons Ltd: Auction 20 from Davissons Ltd, which is planned for January 2004, will include "rare and important British tokens including a significant collection". Davissons can be contacted at coins@cloudnet.com or (320) 685-3835 .

CTCC Journal Volume VIII Number 3 Fall 2003: My copy of this CTCC publication arrived today. This issue is a memorial issue for Robert Charles Bell, aptly described as " a legendary giant in our hobby" by Mike Grogan in his introduction. Features include "Remembering Robbie Bell" by Richard Doty, "R.C. Bell: A Son Remembers" by Harold Welch, "R.C. Bell's Autobiograpy" by R. C. Bell, "Mr. Samuel, I Presume" by Harold Welch, "Token Tales" by R.C. Bell, "The Hancocks: Die Engravers Part II" by Pete Smith, "The Liberty of Havering atte-Bower and King Edward the Fourth" by Tom Fredette, "Skidmore Churches in the City of London" by Simon Monks, "Heraldry on Tokens" by Fred Liggett, "Dublin 290 bis: A New Variety of Turner-Camac Token" by Gregg Silvis as well as photos of CTCC members at the 2003 A.N.A and more . The quarterly Journal comes with membership in Conder Token Collector's Club. Contact Gregg Moore (bandit@fidalgo.com) for further membership info.

New Price List at The Copper Corner: October, November, December 2003 price list has arrived in the mail and may be available online at The Copper Corner soon. Best bet is to get on Bill's mailing list.

Byzantine Coin Store: Larry Gaye, who has been collecting Conder tokens since 1985, has announced that 39 tokens are currently available at his Byzantine Coin Store website and that he's expecting a "lot of Conder activity" at the upcoming ANA 26-28 March 2004 Spring Show in Portland Oregon.

UK Token Congress: This year's Token Congress sponsored by the Token Correspondence Society is scheduled for Friday 3 October through Sunday 5 October at the Langham Hotel Eastbourne. Cost is £115 per person or £110 if sharing a room. A programme of events is available. At present about 100 people are attending. POC for the Congress this year is Duncan Pennock who can be reached at duncan@hopdog.freeserve.co.uk or 01303 873245.

'Super Sale' at Simmons: Simmons Gallery has announced a 'super sale' with lots of weights, books, coins, some tokens and loads of medals available at their central London location for personal callers only before they transform next month into a virtual gallery, dealing by mail order, on the net and at fairs, with visits by appointment only.

ABC Coins and Tokens Updated: The English Conder Token section of the Alnwick British & Colonial Coins & Tokens web site has just been updated.

CTCC Journal Volume VIII Number 2 Summer 2003: My copy arrived yesterday. This issue features a brief introduction by the new editor Mike Grogan, "Token Tales - Men of Old England's Inland Waterways" by R.C. Bell, an index of David Thompson's "Token World" articles put together by Tom Fredette, "The Hancocks, Die Engravers Part 1: John Gregory Hancock, Senior" by Pete Smith, "Skidmore Churches in the City of London" by Simon Monks, and more. The quarterly Journal comes with membership in Conder Token Collector's Club. Contact Gregg Moore (bandit@fidalgo.com) for further membership info.

Conders at DNW: Dix Noonan Webb has announced that their December 2003 sale of the Arvid Frank token collection will "include a good number of Conders". A link to Dix Noonan Webb is available from Conders for Sale page.

New Price List at The Copper Corner: July, August, September 2003 price list is available at The Copper Corner. Big selection of very nice tokens and more here that are well worth some serious consideration.

New Spink Catalogue: A fully interactive version of the catalogue for Spink July 23 auction of the Colin Adams Collection of British Pennies, Other English Coins, Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals is now available. "Colin Adams put together this magnificent collection over the last ten years, buying whatever appeared on the market in that time - it is probably one of the most complete penny collections seen in recent times." No tokens to speak of but well worth a look.

Simmons Gallery MailBid 28: Latest auction catalogue from Simmons Gallery (MailBiD 28) is available online. The closing date for bids is Tuesday 29 July 2003 at 12 noon BST. Auction has over 500 lots, covering "all the old favourites" - British and foreign tokens, mining, pub checks, countermarked coins and calendars, plus a few medals which are more in keeping with the tokens list, including some from Mauritius and German East Africa. Lots 78-86 are 18th Century tokens.

Spink Site Redesign: Spink has announced that their new website at www.spink.com offering stock for sale on-line, an on-line bidding facility for auctions, and much more is now online.

ANS Bibliographic Listings Online: The American Numismatic Society has begun putting "Numismatic Literature", the Society's annotated bibliography of published work in all fields of numismatics online. NumLit 147 includes listings of Conder Token Collector's Journal Spring 2003 articles.

Another Great Interview: New interview with Bill McKivor of The Copper Corner is now available under Interviews on the menu at the left along with a recent interview with Gary Sriro, and one with David Stuart of ABC Coins and Tokens.

Additions to Other Resources: Recent additions to this site's Other Resources page include a link to Numismatic Bibliomania Society (NBS) and a link to an article on the Mott Token.

CTCC Journal Volume VIII Number 1 Spring 2003: My copy arrived in the mail today. Great articles this issue include "Two Tokens of John Voss" by Mike Grogan, "Token Tales - England's Inland Waterways" by R.C. Bell, "Mysterious Plymouth Shilling Token" by Frank Gorsler, "Who the Heck is Demosthenes" by Richard Bartlett, "John of Gaunt - At the Throne of Kings" by Tom Fredette, "Skidmore Churches in the City of London" by Simon Monks and "Boulton, Watt -- and Serendipity" by Bill McKivor with intriquing story behind his collection of medals and tokens from the families of Boulton and Watt available for viewing online at The Copper Corner. The quarterly Journal comes with membership in Conder Token Collector's Club. Contact Gregg Moore (bandit@fidalgo.com) for further membership info.

Next Simmons Token Catalogue: Simmons Gallery reports that they're working on their next tokens catalogue and it should be out and on the net beginning of June with the auction closing mid July. Gallery currently has an ART DECO ART MODERNE Exhibition as well as a BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS Postal Auction worth looking into.

New Price List from Philip Flanagan & Associates: April 2003 price list with books and many, many 18th century tokens just arrived in the mail. Email, call or write to x.flan@verizon.net ; (360) 240-8366 from 11AM to 11PM PST ; Phil Flanigan PO Box 1288 Coupville WA 98239 for more information.

New Interview: Recent interviews with Gary Sriro and David Stuart are available under interviews on the menu at the left.

New Price List at The Copper Corner: April, May, June 2003 price list is available at The Copper Corner.

ABC Coins and Tokens: David Stuart has written to announce that "many sections of the Alnwick British & Colonial Coins & Tokens web site have been updated". The site always contains an extensive list of Conders and is very much worth visiting.

Davissons Ltd: Auction Nineteen from Davissons Ltd, which closes on Thursday 1 May 2003, has some 20 lots of very nice tokens including Nottinghamshire complete as well as a wide variety of other coins and medals. Davissons can be contacted at coins@cloudnet.com or (320) 685-3835 .

Bonhams: The large Bonhams' 15/16 April 2003 Auction of Ancient & World Coins, Orders, Decorations which also includes Bonds and Banknotes has a few lots of tokens beginning with lot 1305.

World's Fair of Money: The tentative schedule for the World's Fair of Money is available from "ANA What's New". CTCC holds its annual meeting at this ANA event.

Chicago International Coin Fair: "The largest coin show in the United States devoted exclusive to international numismatics" will be April 24-27, 2003 at Holiday Inn O’Hare 5440 North River Road Rosemont, IL. Details are available from Collect.com and Krause Publications.

New Price List at The Copper Corner: January - March 2003 price list is available at The Copper Corner.

New Conders at Falmouth Stamp & Coin: New conders have been added to the British Conder Tokens page at Falmouth Stamp & Coin.

More Conder Dealers: A number of new sources for purchasing conders have been added to this site's Conders for Sale page.

Hertfordshire DH 1: DNW's InterNews reports that their upcoming 19 March auction "will include the balance of the collection of British tokens formed by the late Mrs Eileen Judson, including a good run of 17th century pieces from East Hertfordshire and Suffolk, and 18th and 19th century tokens from East Anglia generally. One item of particular importance is an example of the penny token issued by Robert Orchard of Sawbridgeworth (Hertfordshire DH 1), of which only four examples are believed known."

Charles Bushnell's Copy of James Conder: 15 February 2003 auction by Charles Davis (Numismatic Literature) has not only Dalton & Hamer, three Bell books and several other token titles but also "An Arrangement of Provincial Tokens .... etc" by James Conder that was once owned (and signed) by Charles Bushnell, a premier American collector of the 1800s. Catalog is online and I expect could be obtained by contacting Charles Davis at numislit@aol.com or (978) 468-2933.

Life After Conders: StupidSmart (Stuart Cavaliero) has written to say "I have stopped selling Conders and have moved to Thailand! More details are available at my website".

Boulton and Watt Medals and Tokens: Mike Grogan has alerted the Conders Discussion Group about "an amazing collection of medals and
tokens from the families of Boulton and Watt, many in the original
shells", online at The Copper Corner that is well worth a look.

New York International Numismatic Convention: This year's convention will be January 15-18 2004 at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in NYC. Convention web site has extensive information. World Coin News Vol 31 No 1 January 2004 also has detailed information including list of booth holders. Bourse Chairman is Kevin Foley who can be reached at 414-421-3484, kfoley2@wi.rr.com .