1694 Token Elephant - Diagonals
Strike Type
Coin Details
Auction Record
- Price realized
- $69,000
- Sold
- Grade
- MS61
- Auction house
- Heritage Auctions
Description
This 1694 Elephant Token of the "Diagonals" variety is identified by diagonal lines or hatching in the design field, a feature not present on other varieties in the series. 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 1-A (Breen-185, W-12000), whose shield has diagonal lines at the center; Breen recorded it on thin planchets of 172 to 201 grains. Cataloged as PCGS #61.
Cross References
Hodder 1-A; Breen-185; W-12000
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