sparkey0151 Posted November 22, 2014 Posted November 22, 2014 Hi all, just a question about tokens, would these be collected as part of an overall coin collection, and also would you grade these just like coins? regards john Quote
Peter Posted November 22, 2014 Posted November 22, 2014 Tokens fit into my collection.They grade like coins and are collectable in their own right. Quote
Paulus Posted November 22, 2014 Posted November 22, 2014 Agree with Peter, and becoming increasingly interested in them Quote
sparkey0151 Posted November 22, 2014 Author Posted November 22, 2014 Thanks for the replys. john Quote
Garrett Posted November 22, 2014 Posted November 22, 2014 Tokens can have quite attractive designs and a lot of them offer an insight into life at the time.If you look through the "Show us your copper and bronze" thread you will see many beautiful examples. Quote
Peckris Posted November 23, 2014 Posted November 23, 2014 Tokens WERE (more or less) coins, especially the trade tokens of the late 18thC. Quote
JPK Posted November 24, 2014 Posted November 24, 2014 (edited) I have a thing for 17th century trade tokens,fascinating seeing all the old trades that no longer exist & a huge amount to collect . Edited November 24, 2014 by JPK Quote
perkin2000 Posted December 14, 2014 Posted December 14, 2014 I have a thing for 17th century trade tokens,fascinating seeing all the old trades that no longer exist & a huge amount to collect .Agreed! I seem to recall looking up what some of the more obscure trades actually were! Quote
bagerap Posted December 15, 2014 Posted December 15, 2014 There's one (Colchester?) with the legend "Success to the bay trade" Turns out that "bay" is baize or felt. Quote
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