1788 NJ 1/2P Head Right, Maris 65-u, BN MS(PCGS#767860)
1788 NJ 1/2P Head Right, Maris 65-u, BN MS (PCGS#767860)
The Summer 2022 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 8132
- 等级
- AU50BN
- 价格
- 33,095
- 详细说明
- The Parsons (1914)-Ford (2003) Maris 65-u Siboni-Howes-Ish Plate Coin for DS2 1788 New Jersey Copper. Maris 65-u, W-5495. Rarity-3. Head Right. AU-50 (PCGS). 127.3 grains. Your cataloger wrote this coin up once before, back in 2008, when Syd bought this piece in that year's C4 sale. At the time it was cataloged as: "An important example of this very scarce variety that comes with a long and impressive provenance. Glossy dark mahogany brown surfaces show a variety of small and unusual planchet flaws, as often seen on this variety. The planchet is cracked from the rim through the second E of CAESAREA, but other less notable little flaws include a natural pit at US of PLURIBUS. The detail is superb, perhaps technically even finer than EF. As Mike Hodder noted in the Ford catalogue, 'despite these seeming defects this piece shows more central sharpness than almost any other 65-u seen, including the best seen by the cataloguer, a Choice VF.' This piece was better struck and sharper than the other Ford coin, which happened to come from Parmelee. This one has a provenance that is equally sophisticated." In the years since then, your cataloger has been lucky enough to have seen a lot of nice New Jerseys, and the state of Horseheadology has progressed considerably as well. The publication of the Siboni-Howes-Ish book advanced the field immensely, particularly with its Census and its die state work. This piece is illustrated therein as the plate coin for Die State 2, with a light crack from the denticles over N of NOVA, to the tops of VA and beyond; two parallel cracks across the plowhandles; and a long arc crack from the base of R of CAESAREA to the singletree and beyond the exergual line. The perfect die state (and a more perfectly made planchet) were on display on the E Pluribus Unum coin of November 2019, graded PCGS VF-30. We sold Syd's duplicate, also graded VF-30 (PCGS), in November 2017 for $7,800. The SHI Census lists seven coins, topped by an unverified AU, a pair of EF coins (the Maris-Garrett coin and the Frontenac Ford triplicate), and four VF+ coins (including the other Ford 2003 coin). The Maris-Garrett coin was sold in our March 2017 Dr. Gordon Shaw Collection sale for $4,700; it is even, sharp, finely granular, and a top notch example. Partrick had a pretty worn (but attractive) NGC VF-20. We like this piece at least as much as a couple of the SHI Census coins and more than one or more. It seems like a no-brainer Condition Census quality piece. Provenance: From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier from Henry Chapman's sale of the George Parsons Collection, June 1914, lot 294; Hillyer Ryder to F.C.C. Boyd; Boyd Estate to John J. Ford, Jr.; our (Stack's) sale of the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection Part I, October 2003, lot 207; McCawley and Grellman's 2008 C4 Convention Sale, November 2008, lot 411. PCGS# 767860. Click here for certification details from PCGS. Image with the PCGS TrueView logo is obtained from and is subject to a license agreement with Collectors Universe, Inc. and its divisions PCGS and PSA.