Quote from Pioneer on July 10, 2021, 10:46 pmI gave a talk on boxing SCDs a few years ago at the SCD Gathering in Reno. There is a nice June 2015 Numismatist article on boxing medals by David Schenkman. Once past the greek/roman period, an early set of 34mm Condor Token medals from Britain is the Thomas Johnson / Isaac Perrins fight on October 22, 1789. Thomas Johnson was the English Boxing Champion in 17897. These copper tokens commemorate the 62-round bare knuckle battle in which Johnson defeated Perrins. These early medals are a "lead in" to the Heenan-Sayers SCDs from 1860.
These Condor Tokens are the PCGS Top Pop medals.... I have a nice set in NGC holders myself.
I gave a talk on boxing SCDs a few years ago at the SCD Gathering in Reno. There is a nice June 2015 Numismatist article on boxing medals by David Schenkman. Once past the greek/roman period, an early set of 34mm Condor Token medals from Britain is the Thomas Johnson / Isaac Perrins fight on October 22, 1789. Thomas Johnson was the English Boxing Champion in 17897. These copper tokens commemorate the 62-round bare knuckle battle in which Johnson defeated Perrins. These early medals are a "lead in" to the Heenan-Sayers SCDs from 1860.
These Condor Tokens are the PCGS Top Pop medals.... I have a nice set in NGC holders myself.
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