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1694 1/2 P Elephant Carolina, PROPRIETERS BN

CPG Values (What is CPG?)

Grade CPG Value
F12 $21,600.00
AU58 $43,200.00

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5 records found.

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    Description Grade Auction House Sell Price Sell Date
    1694 Carolina Elephant Token. Hodder 1-E, W-12100. Rarity-7. PROPRIETERS. Fine-12 (PCGS). 12 Stacks Bowers 19,200 11/21/2023
    1694 Carolina Elephant Token. Hodder 1-E, W-12100, Breen-191, Betts-78. Rarity-7. PROPRIETERS. Fine-12 (PCGS). 12 Stacks Bowers 18,000 03/20/2023
    1694 Carolina Elephant Token, PROPRIETERS, Fine 12 NGC. Betts-78, Hodder 1-E, W-12100, R.7. 12 HA 26,400 03/17/2021
    1694 1/2 P Carolina Elephant Token, PROPRIETERS, AU58 NGC. Betts-78, Hodder 1-E, W-12100, R.7. 58 HA 40,800 01/21/2021
    1694 TOKEN Carolina Elephant Halfpenny, PROPRIETERS, Fine 12 NGC. Hodder 1-E, W-12100, R.7. 12 HA 30,550 05/17/2014
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      Entry Details

      PCGS Number: 70
      Coin Date: 1694
      Denomination (Short): 1/2 P
      Denomination (Long): Halfpenny
      Variety: Elephant
      Variety 2: Carolina, PROPRIETERS
      Desg: MS
      Composition: Copper
      Strike Type: Business
      Coinage Type: Elephant Coinage
      Coinage Years: 1694
      Edge: Plain
      Obverse Description: A prominent elephant fills the majority of the design.
      General Notes: Although no law is known authorizing coinage for Carolina, two very interesting pieces known as Elephant tokens were made with the date 1694. These copper tokens were of halfpenny denomination. The reverse reads GOD PRESERVE CAROLINA AND THE LORDS PROPRIETERS 1694.<br><br> The second and more readily available variety has the last word spelled PROPRIETORS. The correction was made on the original die, for the E shows plainly beneath the O. The elephant’s tusks nearly touch the milling on the second variety.<br><br> The Carolina pieces were probably struck in England and perhaps intended as advertising to heighten interest in the Carolina Plantation.
      PCGS #: 70
      NGC ID: 2ATV
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