English Explanatory Dictionary

Conder token

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A form of privately-minted token coinage struck and used during the late 18th century and early 19th century in Britain, fuelled by a shortage of small-denomination coins for everyday transactions.

Word forms

Conder token Conder tokens

Etymology

Named after James Conder (1761–1823), English numismatist who made a collection of the tokens.

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on C Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary