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Colonial America: (c. 1770-1815) Trade Silver Beaver Effigy, Choice Extremely Fine.

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Colonial America: (c. 1770-1815) Trade Silver Beaver Effigy, Choice Extremely Fine.
(c. 1770-1815) Trade Silver Beaver Effigy, Choice Extremely Fine. Hallmarked JI. A 1.75" long piece of silver cast in the shape of a beaver, with an integral suspension loop at the beaver's mouth. Silver-grey in color, with some light pitting, mostly from the casting process. Beaver effigies were used in the Indian trade in Canada and the United States, where they were popular items with the Native Americans. Early citations point to their being worn by Indian women as decorative objects. Beaver effigies come in solid and hollow versions, with the solid version (like the one offered here) being the rarer of the two.