1694 Token Elephant, Thick Planchet, BN MS(PCGS#55)
1694 Token Elephant, Thick Planchet, BN MS (PCGS#55)
December 2020 U.S. Coins Auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 2044
- 等级
- AU53BN
- 价格
- 8,652
- 详细说明
- Undated (ca. 1694) London Elephant Token. Hodder 2-B, W-12040. Rarity-2. GOD PRESERVE LONDON. Thick Planchet. AU-53 BN (NGC). Marbled autumn and steel-brown patina provides an attractively original appearance for this bold About Uncirculated example. The reverse impression is off center to 5 o'clock with the border through the tops of the letters ERVE in PRESERVE, but all major design elements on both sides are at least partially discernible, and most are quite sharp. A few minor edge disturbances on the obverse are easily overlooked as the surfaces are predominantly smooth in hand with a hard, satiny texture. These pieces were likely struck at the Tower Mint in London and used as trade tokens in England. Examples with reverse inscriptions pertaining to London, as here, are the most plentiful, and they have been adopted by American collectors due to their association with the rarer Carolina and New England Elephant tokens. PCGS# 55. Click here for certification details from NGC.