Description: Auction is for a beautiful and lustrous 1804 Robert Orchard - Farthing (1/4p) Conder Token - D&H #1063 - UNCIRCULATED and PROOF-LIKE.Color: Brown Composition: Copper. Edge: Plain Obverse design: Bust to right with inscription: "ROBERT ORCHARD GROCER & TEA DEALER No. 34 GREEK ST. CORNER CHURCH ST. SOHO / LONDON 1804 "Reverse design: Corner view of building with inscription: "ROBERT ORCHARD . TEA . WAREHOUSE . CORNER OF CHURCH ST. AND AT SAW BRIDGEWORTH HERTS" Robert Orchard issued various trade tokens between 1795 and 1804 some of which bore his image. He lived at Orchard House, Sawbridgeworth and traded from Greek Street, Soho. Although he appears to have been a great self-publicist (as evidenced by the tokens he issued) very little biographical information is known about him. A contemporary collector of tokens noted that Orchard was "apprentice to a grocer in St. John Street, Clerkenwell, whose vanity has induced him to have engraved several tokens with his bust". (The Mezzotint Portrait dated 1803 and titled “Robert Orchard, Tea Dealer & Chocolate Maker” is not part of this auction and is for reference only.)
Price: 99 USD
Location: Bozeman, Montana
End Time: 2024-11-04T05:22:48.000Z
Shipping Cost: N/A USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Circulated/Uncirculated: Uncirculated
Composition: Copper
Year: 1804
Color: BN
Grade: UNCIRCULATED
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Country/Region: Middlesex-London
Variety: D and H #1063
Certification: Uncertified
