Undated (ca. 1694) London Elephant token. Hodder 2-B, W-12040. GOD PRESERVE LONDON. Thick planchet. MS-62, obverse lamination.223.3 grains. A beautiful Mint State specimen, with strong lusterand choice frosty surfaces. Both sides are chiefly light brown with mint colorsurrounding most design elements. The obverse is shifted right, with the tusktips at the rim and some unstruck area outside the denticles at left. Thereverse is shifted right also, with the tops of PRESERVE mostly truncated atthe rim. The obverse shows a small peeling lamination above the elephant’shead, and a related fissure descends down through the face, ear, and left frontfoot. The preservation and aesthetic appeal both remain superb.From the Archangel Collection. Earlier, from Stack’s sale of the David Spence Collection, March 1975, lot 763.
