1787 CT 1/2P MB Right, 'INDE ET', BN MS (PCGS#340)
The November 2012 Baltimore Auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 6041
- 等级
- VG10BN
- 价格
- 40,297
- 详细说明
- Important Miller 1.3-L Rarity
Ex: Taylor Perkins
1787 Connecticut Copper. Miller 1.3-L, W-2735. Rarity-6. Mailed Bust Right, INDE ET LIB. VG-10 (PCGS).
115.0 grains. Described in our 2000 offering of the George C. Perkins Collection as follows: "Mostly golden brown, with some areas darker, principally around the obverse periphery. Both surfaces microgranular, the obverse appearing rougher particularly at the top. Deep obverse flaw between OR, deep reverse flaw across Liberty's left thigh, pole, and reaching into the globe. Obverse perfectly centered, reverse slightly off to the top, tops of some letters off flan. Miller attribution number painted in white on the obverse. Probable Condition Census for this scarce variety. The Ford primary and ANS coins are both VF. Next comes the specimens in a noted Bronx collection, followed by this coin, Norweb's, and a few VGs and Goods." One of the most distinctive varieties among the 1787 Connecticuts, it would be more popular if it was more common. Robert Martin recorded just 25 specimens in his amended Perkins catalog. This piece brought $2,300 in 2000; the Ford primary coin that ranks three spots in front of it (but doesn't look all that much different in real terms) sold for $21,850 in 2005. This reverse was also used on the far more common Horned Bust, Miller 4-L.
PCGS# 340.
Provenance: From the John "Jack" Royse Collection. Earlier from our (Bowers and Merena) sale of the Frederick B. Taylor Collection, March 1987, lot 2396; and our (Stack's) Americana Sale of the George C. Perkins Collection, January 2000, lot 255.
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