1736 Auctori Plebis Token. Breen-1148. HISPANIOLA, Blundered Date 17336. Fine.95.0 grains. A desirable circulated example of this crude and challenging type. Both sides exhibit dominant deep copper patina that lightens to more of a medium brown tone over many of the design elements. The central features are suitably bold for a well circulated example of this type, the peripheral words legible and the date discernible despite softness to the digits 1 and 6. Microporous, but to no great detriment to the in hand appearance. These curious pieces, of unknown origin and almost certainly produced much later than the given date, are associated with the more familiar Auctori Plebis coppers of 1787 through the use of the same legend. The present example would fit nicely in a broader collection of colonial and early American era coinage.Collector envelope with attribution notation included.
