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1694 1/2 P Elephant, Carolina, OIETORS, O/E AU58 BN
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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: A prominent elephant fills the majority of the design.
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