November 08, 2005

Davissons Ltd Auction 24: Catalog for Auction 24 which includes "Exceptional, Unusual, Important Coins, Tokens and Medals" and which closes Thursday 8 December 2005 arrived today. Lots 403-482 are "British Tokens as listed by Dalton & Hamer". There are some very nice items here including one I particularly like - an uncirculated Middlesex 754. The auction also includes a wide range of many other attractive coins and medals which make up the total of 502 lots. There is no buyer's fee for this sale. 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 .

October 26, 2005

CTCC Journal Volume X Number 3 Fall 2005: The latest copy of this informative Conder Token Collector's Club publication arrived in the mail yesterday. Features include "Token Tales - Election of Mayors of Garrat" by R.C. Bell, "Chelmsford (D&H Essex 5-8c)" by Tony Fox, "Four New Varieties of Camac Tokens" by Gregg A. Silvis, "CTCC Member Medals" by Mike Grogan, "The David Spence Collection, Part II - Britain's Most Valuable Token Auction" by Peter Preston-Morley and more. The quarterly Journal comes with membership in the Conder Token Collector's Club. Contact Gregg Moore (gregg.moore@comcast.net) for further membership info or visit the Conder Token Collector's Club web site for further CTCC info.

October 25, 2005

Copper Corner List #42: Bill McKivor of The Copper Corner is just back from England and has sent out List #42 for October-December 2005 ... with "something for everyone". 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 .

October 06, 2005

Conder Exhibit at Stoa Consortium: There are 35 conders currently being shown in The Ruth and Louise McCollum Memorial Collection of Ancient Coins in the gallery on the Stoa Consortium site which serves "news, projects, and links for digital classicists everywhere".

October 05, 2005

Conder Cabinet: After a year and a half online there are 349 great images available at The Conder Cabinet. Take a moment right now to take a look in the Cabinet, then take a look at tokens in your own collection and consider sending some image contributions to: Michael Grogan mngrogan@comcast.net .

September 27, 2005

Davissons Ltd Auction 23: Catalog for Auction 23 which is a Numismatic Literature auction and which closes Tuesday 25 October 2005 arrived today. Lots 1187-1216 are "British Tokens and Medal References" and include among the token related material some individually offered issues of early CTCC Newsletters. There are also a wide range of essential references in other collecting areas which make up the total of 425 lots (Lots start at 1001). Davissons can be contacted at a new email address, coins@davissons.net, by phone at (320) 685-3835 and can be found on the web at www.britishcoins.com or www.classiccoins.com .