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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.
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.
The Carolina pieces were probably struck in England and perhaps intended as advertising to heighten interest in the Carolina Plantation.
Obverse Description
A prominent elephant fills the majority of the design.
Catalog Information
GSID:
12
Obverse Lettering:
[none]
Reverse Designer:
Plain design with the words GOD PRESERVE PROPRIETERS AND THE LORDS PROPRIETERS, 1694 centered.
Reverse Lettering:
GOD PRESERVE PROPRIETERS AND THE LORDS PROPRIETERS, 1694
Strike Type:
Business
Coin Shape:
Round
Edge:
Plain
Variety:
Elephant
Variety 2:
Carolina, PROPRIETERS
Coin Date:
1694
Denomination:
1/2 P
Designation:
MS
Coinage Type:
Elephant Coinage
Coinage Years:
1694
Composition:
Copper
PCGS #:
70
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1694 1/2 P Elephant, Carolina, PROPRIETERS MS BN
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1694 1/2 P Elephant, Carolina, PROPRIETERS MS BN
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(1694) 1/2 P Elephant, LONDON, Thick Planchet MS BN
Worth: $300 – $9,000
(1694) 1/2 P Elephant, LONDON, Thick Planchet MS RB
Worth: $12,500 – $45,000
(1694) 1/2 P Elephant, LONDON, Brass MS
Worth: $20,000 – $22,500
(1694) 1/2 P Elephant, LONDON, Thin Planchet MS BN
Worth: $2,500 – $13,000
(1694) 1/2 P Elephant, LONDON, Diagonals MS BN
Worth: $3,400 – $48,000
(1694) 1/2 P Elephant, LONDON, Sword in 2nd Quarter MS BN
Worth: $13,000 – $14,000
(1694) 1/2 P Elephant, LON DON MS BN
Worth: $1,650 – $7,500
1694 1/2 P Elephant, Carolina, PROPRIETORS, O/E MS BN
Worth: $5,750 – $40,000
1694 1/2 P Elephant, NEW ENGLAND MS BN
Worth: $84,000 – $110,000
1694 Carolina Elephant Token. Hodder 1-E, W-12100. Rarity-7. PROPRIETERS. MS-63 BN (PCGS).
$53,680
1694 Carolina Elephant Token. Hodder 1-E, W-12100, Breen-191, Betts-78. Rarity-7. PROPRIETERS. Fine-12 (PCGS).
$18,000
1694 1/2 P Carolina Elephant Token, PROPRIETERS, AU58 NGC. Betts-78, Hodder 1-E, W-12100, R.7. ...
$40,800
1694 Carolina Elephant Token, PROPRIETERS, Fine 12 NGC. Betts-78, Hodder 1-E, W-12100, R.7. ...
$26,400
1694 TOKEN Carolina Elephant Halfpenny, PROPRIETERS, Fine 12 NGC. Hodder 1-E, W-12100, R.7. ...
$30,550
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