“1715” Mary Land / God Preserve The Colonies Fantasy Re-engraved Copper. About as Made.

Engraved over some sort of fairly thick copper, perhaps a French 12 sols more worn than the host for the last. Crude but fairly well executed, with the best artistry of this oddball foursome of like fantasy items. Whoever produced this struggled with Calvert's crest but did well enough in high school history to throw a cross onto the base of the reverse as a nod to their Catholic heritage. The Elephant token reference makes this one fairly fun.

From the E Pluribus Unum Collection. Earlier from our (Stack's) sale of the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, Part XIV, May 2006, part of lot 675.