1787 1/2P Immunis Columbia Eagle Reverse, Plain Edge, BN MS(PCGS#841)

1787 1/2P Immunis Columbia Eagle Reverse, Plain Edge, BN MS (PCGS#841)

The March 2013 Baltimore Auction

拍卖行: Stack's Bowers

批号: 438

等级: MS64

价格: 104,493

详细说明: 1787 Immunis Columbia Copper. W-5680. IMMUNIS COLUMBIA, Eagle Reverse. MS-64 BN (NGC). This landmark Immunis Columbia copper combines high quality and excellent eye appeal rarely seen  or offered. Obv: seated Columbia left with scales of justice in her left hand, the right supporting a furled flag and a liberty cap on pole, IMMUNIS COLUMBIA around, date below. Rev: large eagle with spread wings, head right, beak under S, arrows in sinister claw, olive branch in dexter claw, E PLURIBUS UNUM around. A classic issue in an outstanding state of preservation. The deep chocolate-brown surfaces exhibit boldly rendered and nicely centered devices, with the design details as sharp as ever seen for the type. The rims are tight to portions of the peripheral legends, but no loss of detail is present; even the date is full and complete. Absolutely mark-free to the unassisted eye, and low magnification does little to alter the initial visual impact. We note a reverse die crack from the eagle's sinister wing upward to the first U in UNUM, a die line through the sinister talons, and a crack and clash marks at E PL. The present specimen is the finest NGC-certified example of the issue, and is one of just 18 examples of the variety certified by that firm in all grades. It compares favorably to both Ford:290 and 291 for surface quality and high-grade appearance, and is easily Condition Census for the issue, with a "shot" at finest known honors. The Immunis Columbia coppers are somewhat enigmatic in origin, and so far their history has been couched in surmisals and theories, but with no real concrete evidence as to the actual striking. Breen surmised (Encyclopedia, 1988) that they were made as patterns for a proposed U.S. copper coinage, and that they were made in Rahway, New Jersey from dies by Thomas Atlee -- they do, indeed, have a New Jersey connec

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