Author Topic: 1790 Conder Token, Political and Social Series, John Howard, Middlesex DH 207  (Read 3362 times)

Offline Larry

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John Howard was an advocate for prisoner's right, and improvement of prison conditions. 
Today, there is a John Howard Society in Canada, and perhaps there are similar groups in other countries.

This is a large, thick, and heavy one penny Conder Token. The token bears the date of Mr. Howard's demise.

Though a raw token, I'd estimate this example's grade at MS-64 or MS-65.  It is now considered Scarce.






« Last Edit: October 29, 2009, 08:11:19 AM by Larry »


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the coins that made the Industrial Revolution a whopping success. : )

Offline walmann

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Could be Howard's name, but the portrait conveys a "Hollywood" type attitude.

Heck of a nicely perserved speciman (the coin that is).
Interested in world coins 1912,1917,1936,1937,1951,1960,1988,2008,2009

Offline Larry

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John Howard, Middlesex DH 20 -- Re: Latin Text on Reverse
« Reply #2 on: October 29, 2009, 08:26:06 PM »
Now for the translation of the text on the reverse...

Here goes nothing... "Haud ulli mortalium summa erga humanum genus benevolentia secundus"

"No ulli (any) state of being mortal the highest part, towards human kind benevolence second"
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I have collected U.S coins for many years, and then Civil War Tokens, but am now actively building a collection of Conder Tokens,
the coins that made the Industrial Revolution a whopping success. : )

Offline BCNumismatics

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Larry,
  Are you sure that this is a trader's currency token?

It looks more like a commemorative medal to me.

Aidan.