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Copper Corner List #57

Copper Corner List #57: Bill McKivor of The Copper Corner has sent out List #57 for July-September 2009 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. Bill also sent out an Architecture List last week. If you're not getting his lists sent directly to you via email you should be. Bill can be reached at Copperman@thecoppercorner.com .

A H Baldwin & Sons Ltd Auction 61: A large selection of British Eighteenth Century Tokens (over 400 lots) are coming up for auction at Baldwin & Sons on Tuesday 26th May 2009. There will also be British Nineteenth Century Tokens, Engraved Coins, Medals, Badges, Tickets & Passes in the auction.

The conder tokens will be available for viewing Friday 15th May 2009 during The British American Token Congress at the Red Lion Hotel, Fifth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101 as well as Monday 25th May 2009 from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm at A H Baldwin and Sons Ltd 11 Adelphi Terrace, London WC2N 6BJ. Viewing is also available by appointment at 11 Adelphi Terrace during the preceding one week in London 9:30 am - 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday. Further information including the complete catalog is available online at www.baldwin.co.uk/auction61.html .

Coins for Sale: Coins for Sale is a new website that sells British Coins, Conder Halfpennies, Foreign and Colonial Coins. Their current Conder selection can be seen at www.coinsforsale.org/category/13857497 .

Good Money in London: On Thursday October 9, 2008 the Institute for Economic Affairs, a UK free-market think-tank, will hold a launching of George Selgin's book "Good Money". If you're looking for a good reason to visit London and if you would like to hear the author speak about his book you can find more information about the launching event here ...

I know I mentioned this before but it bears repeating that "Good Money" is a "must read" for the Conder enthusiast. Learn more ...

Good Money Available in July: George Selgin's book "Good Money", which tells the story of British manufacturers’ challenge to the Crown’s monopoly on coinage will be available this July. Some comments on the book:

"In lucid, enjoyable, often humorous language, Selgin takes us from the 'dark satanic mills' to the backstreet haunts of the eighteenth-century counterfeiter and the private, legitimate mints, set up to address a problem the Royal Mint could or would not—the production of safe small change for the people. His cast of characters is large and auspicious: Thomas Williams, James Watt, John Westwood, and Matthew Boulton. And Selgin’s understanding of eighteenth-century economic theory and practice is absolute, allowing him to write with verve and clarity."
—Richard Doty, Curator of Numismatics, Smithsonian Institution

"I anxiously await the publication of Good Money. Taking a totally fresh approach to not only the examination of the British token coinage, but also the role of money as a medium of exchange, this is a work that will delight token collectors and general numismatists alike. Good Money is no stale academic text—I was charmed by the author's 'Ramble Round Old Birmingham' as surely as I was enlightened throughout by his meticulous research. Numismatists are readers and researchers at heart and I've no doubt that Good Money will meet with an enthusiastic response within our community."
—Harold Welch, Vice President, Conder Token Collector's Club

This is a "must read" for the Conder enthusiast. Learn more ...