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The Conder Café is a discussion group that is dedicated to collectors, researchers, professionals, and enthusiasts of the 18th century provincial token series. It is not a marketplace, but a forum for the free exchange of information and ideas.

Topics include new discoveries, descriptive edits, updates on provenance, census, and availability, and historical context. There are always wonderful images of collector favorites, detailed points of attribution, as well as details not previously published.

It is a diverse community and there truly is something for everyone. The only real requirement is that posts stay on-topic and are related in some way to 18th century provincial tokens - which makes this the only online group solely dedicated to the series.

If you are at all interested in 18th century provincial tokens, this is clearly the place to be.

If you run into any issues regarding access, or need help signing up - or have any questions, concerns, or commentary whatsoever - please contact me at gsgroll@gmail.com or to Gregg at Gregg.silvis@gmail.com

"About the Conder name ... many people think James Conder was the first to catalogue the series and that is why the series was named after him. Not quite true, of course, as there were at least five others who preceded him, with the series being referred to as "Conders" relatively recently. We use it as the name of our group because Conder Cafe sounds a whole lot better than AN ARRANGEMENT OF PROVINCIAL COINS, TOKENS, AND MEDALETS ISSUED IN GREAT BRITIAN, IRELAND, AND THE COLONIES, WITHIN THE LAST TWENTY YEARS; FROM THE FARTHING TO THE PENNY SIZE CAFE.

Conder died in 1823 and his personal collection was finally auctioned by Sotheby's a generation later, in 1855. Dalton & Hamer (D&H) remains the default source for information about the series - certainly for basic points of attribution. THE PROVINCIAL TOKEN COINAGE OF THE 18TH CENTURY was published in fourteen parts between 1910 and 1918, ultimately listing over 6000 varieties. A century later, we've now documented nearly 7400 die pair and edge combinations (excluding evasions!) with new discoveries, updates, and edits ongoing."