1736 Tkn 1/2P A. Plebis - Hispaniola Blundered Date "17336", BN MS(PCGS#511613)

1736 Tkn 1/2P A. Plebis - Hispaniola Blundered Date "17336", BN MS (PCGS#511613)

November 2020 U.S. Coins Auction

详细说明: 1736 Auctori Plebis Token. Breen-1148, Atkins-(8), Cobwright A.0063/H.0185. HISPANIOLA, Blundered Date. EF-40 (PCGS). 126.4 grains. Dark chocolate brown overall, a hint of paler natural copper color sits across the profile and adjacent field on the obverse, the reverse glossy and attractive. Well-centered on one of the distinctive beveled flans used on many evasion halfpence, a series of which this token is a part. The obverse device is meant to imitate what is probably a George III Irish halfpenny, the reverse replaces HIBERNIA with HISPANIOLA, a signature move meant to evade the counterfeiting laws in place in Great Britain in the 1790s, when these halfpence were produced. The evasive AUCTORI PLEBIS legend is undoubtedly imitative of the 1787 Auctori Plebis token, which would have been in circulation in England when the evasions were at the peak of production. The finest graded by PCGS of a rare token that we have offered only a handful of times in recent decades. Provenance: From the E Pluribus Unum Collection. PCGS Population: 1; 0 finer. PCGS# 511613. Click here for certification details from PCGS. Image with the PCGS TrueView logo is obtained from and is subject to a license agreement with Collectors Universe, Inc. and its divisions PCGS and PSA.