1786 CT 1/2P Large Head Right, BN MS(PCGS#328)

The November 2012 Baltimore Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

6034

等级

VF25BN

价格

13,188

详细说明

1786 Connecticut Copper. Miller 3-D.1, W-2510. Rarity-5+. Large Head Right, Scholar's Head. VF-25 (PCGS). 115.0 grains. High grade and strong detail are not always concomitant on Connecticut coppers, and this coin serves as exhibit A. It is high grade, judging from the glossy surfaces that seem to evince barely faded luster. Lapping or die file lines are seen on both sides, showing just how little wear this coin has -- almost none. Technically, it is probably fair to call this coin a 50 coin, judging from the well struck areas and their frosty light brown surfaces. Of course, not all of this coin is struck, and the poorly struck areas show the granular texture of the unstruck planchet, dominant at central obverse to the bottom obverse rim and throughout the northeast quadrant of the reverse. The centering is ideal, and the eye appeal remains excellent. Occasionally a new collector may read the instruction "grade by surface" for a particularly crude early American issue. This is the sort of issue in question, which if it were judged by an insophisticate upon its detail alone, would be sorely underappreciated. This variety almost never appears in grades better than Fine. The appealing Boyd-Ford coin was the Crosby plate coin; it was fairly described as Fine to Very Fine. Neither the 1975 EAC coin nor the Taylor-Perkins coin could compete with this one for lack of wear. It would be easy to call this coin Condition Census, but doing so grossly oversimplifies the calculus required to determine whether one Connecticut copper is finer than another. We love this coin's grade and color. We wish it was better struck, but despite this deficiency it is one of the most desirable examples of this variety we've encountered. PCGS# 328. Provenance: From the John "Jack" Royse Collection.