Copper Corner List #50: Bill McKivor of The Copper Corner has sent out List #50 for October-December 2007 offering a variety of items for sale including 18th Century Conder Tokens, 17th Century tokens, 19th Century tokens along with medals, medalets, unusual historical items and more. This list marks 15 years of such offerings from Bill. If you're not getting his lists sent directly to you via email you should be. Bill can be reached at Copperman@thecoppercorner.com .

CTCC Journal Volume XII Number 3 Fall 2007 #45: The 45th consecutive issue of the Conder Token Collector's Club publication, the cover of which is shown to the left, arrived last Friday. Features include "The Seventeeth Century Tokens of Saffron Walden, Essex" by Tony Fox, "David Alves Rebello" by Melvyn Brooks [Reprinted from 'Hackney History'], "A Review of 'Our English Towns and Villages'" by Tom Fredette, "William Booth, The Perry Barr Forger " by John Free [reprinted from the Birmingham Weekly Post of Saturday November 12, 1932] and more. 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. Original articles by club members are the heart of the Journal. You need not be a token "expert" to contribute an interesting and worthwhile article. Consider joining the Club and doing an article for the next issue. 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.

Useful(?)Text Message Tools: So you're nowhere near your computer and you just absolutely need to know the price of gold or what the bid is on a conder token auction you are following? No problem ... well not if you have a cell phone handy and small, nimble thumbs ... simply text "goldspot" to 41411 to get the latest spot price and trends on gold ...and for latest bid info as well as closing time on that token just text the word "auction" plus a space followed by the item number of the auction ... once again to 41411 ... and yes, you will have to know a 12 digit auction number to use this last tool. Then there is "topnews" followed by name or subject you are looking for news about, such as "stolen coins", to get recent headline on that name or subject. Also be advised that text message rates of 10-20 cents per message may apply depending on your phone service plan.

Token References at Google Books: A recent discussion in the Conder Group at Yahoo has revealed that there are some great token references to be found free online at Google books. You can find them by going to http://books.google.com/ , searching for tokens, then limiting the search to "full view" ... or by following this link to token references at Google. Some of these books are also available on CD from euriskodata on eBay. Thanks for the tip guys.

CTCC Journal Volume XII Number 2 Summer 2007 #44: The 44th consecutive issue of the Conder Token Collector's Club publication, the cover of which is shown to the left, just arrived. Features include "Token Tales - Joseph Priestly: Scientist, Reformer" by R. C. Bell, "Blything Hundred" by John Fisher, "'BIS' Demystified" by Bill McKivor, "Brighton, East Sussex" by Tony Fox, "James Wright, Junior" by David Dykes, "A Review: Great Tales from English History" by Tom Fredette and much more. 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. 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.

Copper Corner List #49: Bill McKivor of The Copper Corner has sent out List #49 for July-September 2007 offering a variety of items for sale including 18th Century Conder Tokens, 17th Century tokens, 19th Century tokens along with medals, medalets, unusual historical items and more ... such as Canadian, Australia, New Zealand, and Tasmania colonial issues ... as well as a look at 'Bis' and ... no surprise here, a discussion of postage. 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 .