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Why was the Carolina Elephant Token struck?

Posted on April 19th, 2010 by Editor

Why was the Carolina Elephant Token struck?

Did you know that the Lords Proprietors named on the 1694 Carolina Elephant token were the eight men who were given control of Carolina in 1663? Or was this the case? It would have been the right answer had we been playing Jeopardy! a few years back. Today, another possibility is that the Carolina coffee [...]

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