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1694 Token Elephant - New England

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
Copper
Edge
Plain

Auction Record

Price realized
$141,000
Sold
Grade
VG8
Auction house
Stack's Bowers

Description

This 1694 Elephant token bears the legend GOD PRESERVE NEW ENGLAND on the reverse. 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-G (Breen-197, Betts-80, W-12140), and the reverse reads GOD PRESERVE NEW ENGLAND 1694 in the same style as the Carolina piece. Cataloged as PCGS #76.

Rarity Notes

R-8- (Stack's Bowers)

Cross References

Hodder 2-G; Breen-197; Betts-80; W-12140

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