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About this category:
Items have been scanned and scaled to fit this page. Some are shown larger than actual size
and others shown smaller. Where you see a dark area in an otherwise silver coin, that is a highly
polished surface as captured by a scanner.
About half of these items are in our collection; the remainder were spotted as offers on ebay® or
by searching Google® images and books.
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This map shows historic and contemporary source areas where elephant image coins and banknotes have been issued.
Likely there are more but this is what we found without extensive research. The rectangle represents both
the Seleucid and Roman Empires od antiquity.
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About the following category:
Items have been scanned and scaled to fit this page. Some are shown larger than actual size
and others shown smaller. Where you see a dark area in an otherwise silver coin, that is a highly
polished surface as captured by a scanner.
Tokens
Numismatic tokens are generally smaller than medallions, ranging from one-half to one inch, occasionally
larger. They are privately issued and come in these categories:
Commemorative Tokens usually are distributed or sold as keepsakes of an event as in "token of esteem"
or "token of affection". A token is a substitute for the real thing.
Promotional or Advertising Tokens are usually distributed for promotional purposes. Reminders.
Commercial Tokens have specific monetary value. Examples are casino chips, slot machine tokens,
subway turn style tokens and the like.
Medallions
A medallion is generally large, greater than one inch diameter. If it is designed to be worn
on chain or ribbon it is classed as a medal. Medallions are typically issued to commemorate events,
persons, organizations, or things.
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Silver medallion "Weltweite Fauna, Afrikanischer Elefant". On reverse "World Wide Fauna" .999.
An example of private minting for money. Item serves no purpose except as collectible [other than
market value of silver if melted down].
Silver Round medallion .999 fine silver. Diameter 37mm. Thickness 3mm. Issued by private mint for
purpose of selling silver coinage. Cost was U$7.50 in 1998.
Amusement parlor token for Homerson Amusements typical of those used to play coin operated game
machines. Reverse states it is "loaned for amusement only". Stamped bronze, diameter 30mm, thickness 1mm.
CicusCircus Casino in Tunica, MS issued and sold this medallion as part of their "Limited Edition Collector's Series".
Made of .999 fine silver with gold vermeil. Diameter 42mm, thickness 3mm. Reverse side shows a clown and identification.
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Dumbo 55th Anniversary medallion ©Walt Disney Company. Made by Liberty Mint, Provo, UT and sold
through Disney catalogue for $75 in 1996. Simply a collectible that make money for the mint and
Disney.
This token is a table chip from The Reserve, a casino in Henderson, NV. It has a face value of
five dollars and is used in place of cash at the gaming tables. Diameter 40mm, thickness 3mm.
Made of some sort of plastic material and printed.
$1 Casino token from The Reserve is used in place of legal tender coins, primarily to play slot machines.
Diameter 38mm, thickness 2mm, about the same as old US One Dollar coins.
Generic casino chip made of plastic.
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Commemorative medallion issued by Republican Party for 1984 election. Obverse: "Heads we win, GOP, 1984".
reverse: "Tails we win, GOP, 1984". Gold vermeil finish. Diameter 40mm, thickness 2.5mm.
Issued by the Republican party to commemorate 100th anniversary. Reverse reads "The Elephant as a
symbol of the Republican Party as it first appeared in a cartoon by Thomas Nast onNovember7, 1874
in harpers Weekly". Diameter 40mm, thickness 2mm. Struck bronze.
Good Luck token handed out to promote Cooper Tires in Ohio. Copper/bronze [back when it was cheap].
Diameter 25mm about the size of a US Quarter.
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Promotional coin issued for campaign of Herbert Hoover for US President. Ironic it reads "4 Years
of Prosperity" when it was his administration which presided over the "Great Depression" of the
twentieth century. [Seen on ebay].
Christmas commemorative token issued by Harry Hertzberg. Undoubtedly the same Hertzberg who operated the
now defunct Hertzberg Circus Museum in San Antonio, TX. Elsewhere on the Elefunteria site are photos form
a visit to that museum. [Seen on ebay].
Oval token asserted to be from Thailand based on characters on reverse side not shown. No idea
of purpose or significance. [Seen on ebay].
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All but a few of these items are in our collection of elephant motif articles. If you have other different money
you wish to share, send us an adequate digital image and we will display it, reserving the right to refuse for any or
no reason. If you find any error of any kind on this page we will be glad to correct it if you inform us.
Our email address is: ELEFUNTZ (insert at symbol shift/2) gmail.com.
Thank you for visiting the ELEFUNTERIA.
On any given day you can search using Google®, Yahoo® or other search engine to see images of money using
elephant images. Search for 'elephant' + 'money', also 'coin', 'medal', 'currency' and choose images.
Also you can visit the ebay® site and search keyword 'elephant' in the COINS and PAPER MONEY category and usually see one hundred or more offered. |
 
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BELGIAN CONGO
CAMEROON
BRITISH PROVINCE of CAROLINA
CEYLON
COOK ISLANDS
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
INDIA
LIBERIA
MACEDONIAN or ROMAN EMPIRE
SOMALIA
SOUTH AFRICA
SRI LANKA
THAILAND
UGANDA
VIETNAM
