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1778-1779 TOKEN Rhode Island Ship Token, No Wreath, 1778-1779[TOKEN] Rhode Island Ship Token, No Wre

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1778-1779 TOKEN Rhode Island Ship Token, No Wreath, 1778-1779[TOKEN] Rhode Island Ship Token, No Wre
<B>1778-1779<TOKEN> Rhode Island Ship Token, No Wreath, Copper MS63 Brown PCGS.</B></I> Breen-1139. The Rhode Island Ship Token is a British propaganda medal, intended for a Dutch audience. Initial pieces bear VLUGTENDE, garbled Dutch for fleeing, beneath the ship. The makers realized that this word might imply that <I>British</B></I> forces had retreated, so the offending word was removed from struck specimens. Later, VLUGTENDE was replaced on the die by a wreath. This piece is the no VLUGTENDE, no wreath variety. Intricately struck and well cared for over the years. No abrasions are detected, only a hint of verdigris on the middle reverse ship and a faint retained lamination (as made) on the reverse field near 1 o'clock. Listed on page 48 of the 2006 <I>Guide Book.</B></I><BR><I>From The Oak Collection of American Colonial Coinage.</B></I>