1787 CT 1/2P Mailed Bust Left, BN MS(PCGS#349)
1787 CT 1/2P Mailed Bust Left, BN MS (PCGS#349)
October 2018 Baltimore U.S. Coins Auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 7080
- 等级
- AU58+BN
- 价格
- 25,073
- 详细说明
- Boldly Lustrous 1787 Miller 11.2-K Condition Census Quality 1787 Connecticut copper. Miller 11.2-K, W-2875. Rarity-2. Mailed Bust Left. AU-58+ (PCGS). 136.9 grains. A frosty delight, with profound luster over chocolate brown surfaces. The lightest color is preserved at the peripheries, where mint color was last to fade. Despite some softness at the absolute center that typifies the variety, the peripheral and main details are extraordinary, with the sort of sharpness on the head of the seated figure and the portrait’s cuirass that are rarely encountered. A short die crack is seen between CT of AUCTORI, a more delicate one arcs over the shoulder truncation near the last C of CONNEC. The assigned grade nearly acknowledges what is evident with this coin in hand: it shows no evidence of circulation, and its luster is unbroken over both surfaces. While other Mint State specimens of this variety exist, this one is as pretty and choice as most of them. Provenance: From the Archangel Collection. Earlier, from Stack’s sale of the David Spence Collection, March 1975, lot 728. PCGS Population: 1; 1 finer (MS-63 BN). PCGS# 349 Click here for certification details from PCGS.