Davissons Ltd Auction 25: Catalog for Auction 25 which includes "Exceptional, Unusual, Important Coins, Tokens and Medals" and which closes Thursday 1 February 2007 arrived earlier this week. Lots 204 - 214 are "British Trade Tokens". The auction also includes a wide range of many other exceptionally attractive coins (including a Charles II pattern crown by Simon with the REDDITE edge reading), as well as medals and books which make up the total of 267 lots. There is no buyer's fee for this auction and many of the lots will be available for viewing at the upcoming New York International Numismatic Convention. Davissons can be contacted by email at coins@davissons.net, by phone at (320) 685-3835 and can be found on the web at www.britishcoins.com or www.classiccoins.com .

Collector's Universe: Some Conder Token discussions that may be of interest can be found at the message boards in the World & Ancient Forum at Collector's Universe by going there and using the search form provided to search on "conders". Try it now ...

Copper Corner List #47: Bill McKivor of The Copper Corner has sent out List #47 for January-March 2007 offering a wide variety of items for sale including 18th Century Conder Tokens, 17th Century tokens, 19th Century tokens along with Evasions, Unofficial Farthings, Medals, medalets, unusual historical items and more. If you're not getting Bill's lists sent directly to you via email you should be. Bill can be reached at Copperman@thecoppercorner.com .

Davissons Ltd Numismatic Notebook & Catalog, Fall 2006: A select offering from Davissons' stock is listed in the "Numismatic Notebook & Catalog, Fall 2006" which arrived several days ago. Items 126-161 as well as the token references which follow these items should be of interest to the conder enthusiast. There is also a wide range of many other attractive numismatic items offered in the catalog, and Allan Davisson writes in his introduction that Auction 25 is "well along, scheduled to be mailed near the end of the year and close in late January 2007." Davissons can be contacted by email at coins@davissons.net, by phone at (320) 685-3835 and can be found on the web at www.britishcoins.com or www.classiccoins.com .

World Exonumia MAIL BID SALE 11: Rich Hartzog of World Exonumia has announced his MAIL BID SALE 11 which closes 7 November 2006 offering Exonumia, tokens, medals, buttons, badges, Indian Peace medals, Slave Tags and more. Conders? Hmmmm ... I wouldn't know but certainly lots of interesting material. Rich writes that the sale catalog has almost 2800 lots with a color cover, 120 pages, from the common to the super-rare. Read more ...

CTCC Journal Volume XI Number 3 Fall 2006: The 41st consecutive issue of the Conder Token Collector's Club publication, the cover of which is shown to the left, is in the mail. Features include "Essex Edgeways" by Tony Fox, "Thomas Sharp - Token Triple Threat" by Harold Welch, "The David Spence Collection" by Peter Preston-Morley, "Iron Bridge Construction" by Bill Wahl, "Issac Newton's Tokens" by Tom Fredette, "Four New Varieties of Camac Tokens" by Greg Silvis, "Conder Questions and a Poem" by Richard Coult and much more ... including the 2006 Club Member Medal. The new medal can be seen along with other club medals in the gallery at http://conderclub.org/medals.html . The quarterly Journal comes with membership in the Conder Token Collector's Club and is very much an essential reference for Conder collectors and enthusiasts worldwide ... not just for the articles but for the sense of community one gets by reading what others in the field are interested in and what they are doing. Contact Rachel Irish (mrIrish5@adelphia.net) for further CTCC membership info or visit the Conder Token Collector's Club web site for further CTCC info.