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(1694) Token Elephant - Brass

Strike Type
1694 Colonials coin

Coin Details

Year
1694
Denomination
Colonials
Strike Type
Regular Strike
Series
Pre-1776 Private and Regional Issues (1616-1766)
Designer
Attributed to the Roettier family (Royal Mint)
Composition
Brass
Edge
Plain

Auction Record

Price realized
$21,600
Sold
Grade
MS61 NGC
Auction house
Heritage Auctions

Description

This London Elephant token is struck in brass rather than copper. The elephant tokens are English copper pieces named for the elephant on the obverse. The London pieces are undated and placed about 1694, while the versions for Carolina and New England carry the date 1694 in the reverse legend. Michael Hodder numbered the dies in the 1987 Norweb sale catalogue, and his numbers are cited with those of Breen and the Whitman encyclopedia (W-). This is Hodder 2-B struck in brass (Breen-189), and Heritage described the piece it sold as a unique brass impression.

Rarity Notes

unique (Heritage)

Cross References

Hodder 2-B; Breen-189

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