Elephant Tokens
Base
About This Coin
The Elephant Tokens are English copper pieces of about 1694 named for the elephant on the obverse. 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-).
Specifications
Strike Types & Varieties(9)
(1694) Token Elephant - Brass
(1694) Token Elephant - Sword in 2nd Quadrant
1694 Token Elephant - Carolina - O/E
1694 Token Elephant - Diagonals
1694 Token Elephant - LON / DON
1694 Token Elephant - New England
1694 Token Elephant - Proprieters God Preserve Carolina
1694 Token Elephant - Thick Planchet
1694 Token Elephant - Thin Planchet
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