1694 Token Elephant, Proprieters God Preserve Carolina, BN MS(PCGS#70)

Summer 2026 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

拍賣行

Stack's Bowers

批號

1320

等級

MS63BN

價格

53,680

詳細說明

139.9 grains. Frosty medium rose and autumn-orange brown with superlative visual appeal for the grade. Some mint color surrounds central reverse lettering, and bold luster is present on both sides. The obverse is extraordinarily sharply struck and nearly ideally centered, with the shortest denticles in the upper right. The reverse is more notably aligned to 10 o'clock, with long spread denticles around the right side. The fields are nearly immaculate, with only a shallow old scratch extending up from the letter G in GOD and a circular scratch seen around the second letter E in PROPRIETERS. Since the latter would make the spelling PROPRIETORS, which was formalized on the variety now known as Hodder 2-F (Second O/E), our consignor believes that the circular scratch around the E on the present example represents a correction to the coin made by the minter, and we are inclined to agree. The overall aesthetic appeal is superb.<p>The census of this variety has been pretty well set for decades. There are seven known. In the Norweb sale, Michael Hodder got the count right while double counting the Newman coin and missing Robison's. In the Ford sale, the count was increased to eight (to correct the omission), but it wasn't until the Newman coin appeared at auction in 2014 that specialists knew that the "one said to be gilt, ex Brand Collection" and the Newman example were the same coin. The seven are as follows:<p>1 - The magnificent Gem Ford coin (Stack's, May 2004, lot 261). Ex Clay, Parmelee, Parsons, Garrett.<p>2 - The Archangel coin (Stack's Bowers Galleries, October 2018, lot 7046). MS-63 BN (PCGS). Ex Appleton-MHS-1976 ANA. <em><strong>The present example</strong></em>.<p>3 - The Norweb coin (Bowers and Merena, October 1987, lot 1235). Graded AU-55, prooflike at the time.<p>4 - The Partrick coin (Heritage, January 2021, lot 3900). Purchased from Bowers and Merena's Rare Coin Review #61 in 1986. AU-58 (NGC).<p>5 - The Roper coin (Stack's, December 1983, lot 142). EF or better today, with a couple scratches above the elephant. Ford's duplicate, ex. Boyd.<p>6 - The Syd Martin coin. Ex Brand-Newman. Fine-12 (PCGS).<p>7 - The Robison coin (Stack's, February 1982, lot 58). Partrick's duplicate. Fine-12 (NGC).The three of these known to Henry Chapman in 1914 are still the three nicest examples. Ford's was particularly lovely; this one is similar. It is the finest example of this variety certified by PCGS.