1694 Token Elephant - Thick Planchet
Strike Type
Coin Details
Auction Record
- Price realized
- $19,975
- Sold
- Grade
- MS61
- Auction house
- Heritage Auctions
Description
This 1694 Elephant Token on a thick planchet represents a distinct physical variant within the Elephant Token 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 2-B (W-12040), the GOD PRESERVE LONDON reverse with the sword in the first quarter of the shield, on a thick planchet; Breen gives 233.3 grains as the standard thick planchet weight. Cataloged as PCGS #55.
Rarity Notes
R-2 (Heritage)
Cross References
Hodder 2-B; W-12040
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