1786 CT 1/2P Hercules Head, Miller 5.3-N, BN MS(PCGS#686351)

November 2019 Baltimore Colonial Coins and Americana Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

5098

等级

XF40BN

价格

5,474

详细说明

1786 Connecticut Copper. Miller 5.3-N, W-2575. Rarity-2. Mailed Bust Left, Hercules Head. EF-40 (PCGS). 124.9 grains. Well-centered and well struck for this distinctive die marriage, here seen with its reverse in a state of catastrophic failure; the reverse looks more like a candy dish than a coin, the center deeply sunken with a raised ring in the fields. As the die was failing, the dies clashed more than one time, transferring multiple, closely overlapping images of the obverse die to the reverse die; curiously, the obverse die shows hardly any signs of clashing, and was perhaps well enough made to have mostly resisted the transfer of the reverse die’s design into the obverse die. Light golden brown at right obverse, a slightly deeper chocolate brown at left side; the reverse is mostly light glossy brown, with an area of darker patina at lower left. A small planchet flake through ON of CONNECT and a meandering, roughly diagonal planchet flaw from chin to hair on obverse are this coin’s most notable surface disturbances. Coins struck from this sunken, badly clashed state of the reverse die tend to be dateless or nearly so, as here—whether this is due to the die failure, planchet size, centering, or a combination of factors, is unknown. Painted Die Variety in white ink in left obverse field “5 superscript 3 over N”, with some other inked letters or strokes which we cannot make out. Called “probable condition census” on Robert’s envelope, this coin very well may be; there are many extant examples that have as much if not more detail, but they generally do not hold a candle to the visually impressive color and glossy surfaces of this coin. Provenance: From the Robert M. Martin Collection. Ex Ellis Robison Collection, Stack’s, February 1982, lot 109. PCGS Population: 2; 3 finer (for the type). PCGS #334 and #686351. Click here for certification details from PCGS.