Back

England - 1794

Conder`s Drapery

Obverse:

A market Cross surmounted by a figure of Justice. The area is marked off by a ring of posts.

Legend:

IPSWICH CROSS.

Exergue:

1794

Edge:

Diagonally milled.

Reverse:

PAYABLE AT CONDER'S DRAPERY WAREHOUSE IPSWICH

Vern's Comments:

Diesinker, Wyon; manufacturer, Kempson. One ton struck. Common.

Comments. James Conder was a linen draper at Tavern Street, Ipswich; and was an ardent collector of tokens, and the author of the standard work on the subject until it was superseded by that of Atkins in 1892. He also issued three private tokens.

The old Market Cross stood on the Rotunda in Cornhill, and was built at the beginning of the sixteenth century, but was removed in 1812.

There are impressions of this token struck on smaller blanks and after the dies had been lapped, as the lettering is much fainter, and the horizontal stroke of the H in IPSWICH in the obverse legend is missing.

Commercial Coins 1787-1804., pp. 175

England — Suffolk

D & H 35 — Ipswich

Bell Pg: 175

O: An ancient market cross. IPSWICH CROSS. Ex: 1794.

A. 33

R: PAYABLE AT CONDER'S DRAPERY WAREHOUSE IPSWICH. In six lines.

E: Diagonally milled.

Also struck in silver.

Conder`s Drapery