Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
Mar 9, 1814
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 72
Additional Source Text:
Included in "A list of Coins and Medals, which I have placed in a case under Glass."
Notes:
This may have been an Inverness Conder token (halfpenny). An example of 1794 is pictured here. Conder tokens, also known as 18th-century provincial tokens, were a form of privately minted token coinage struck and used during the latter part of the 18th century and the early part of the 19th century in England, Anglesey and Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. They were the size, composition, and weight of English halfpence coppers. They were first cataloged by James Conder in 1798, but a more recent reference is Richard Dalton and Samuel H. Hamer, The Provincial Token-Coinage of the 18th Century (1910-1917).
Lt. Col. Aaron Levy (1771-1852), of New York, was a military officer, merchant, art collector, auctioneer, and real estate speculator.
