1787 NJ 1/2P Maris 48-g, Batman Shield, BN MS(PCGS#688361)

The Summer 2022 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

8093

等级

AU58BN

价格

124,105

详细说明

Exceptional AU-58 (PCGS) 1787 Maris 48-g 1787 New Jersey Copper. Maris 48-g, W-5275. Rarity-1. Batman Shield. AU-58 (PCGS). 148.6 grains. 28.0 mm. A truly exceptional specimen of this variety. Frosty medium brown with gold and steel highlights over lustrous surfaces. Profoundly well struck on both sides, as typical for this attractively made variety. The centering is close to ideal, and denticles neatly frame nearly the entire circumference of both sides. A little natural fissure is seen over S of PLURIBUS and along the rim above CAESAREA, but this coin has little in the way of flaws from either the moment of striking or after it. Great eye appeal, an outstanding coin for a type collector. Die State 2, with a modest diagonal die crack pointing down from the center of the shield. The SHI Census is topped by a single Gem Unc, the magnificent Norweb coin discovered in England by Fred Baldwin in 1958. Graded MS-65 RB (NGC), it sold in the January 2021 Partrick highlights sale for $84,000. The third ranked piece, and the second of two listed UNC coins, was Syd's duplicate, sold by us in November 2017 as PCGS AU-55+. He preferred this one, and we do too. The remainder of the SHI census, positions 4 through 7, are AU coins. Others that could be listed include the Sherr-Dr. Gordon Shaw coin that we last sold in August 2021 as MS-62 BN (PCGS) and Steve Tanenbaum's lovely piece with an impressive Garrett-Griffee-O'Donnell pedigree. There were a few nice examples in the E Pluribus Unum Collection too, but none of these is quite as nice as this one, which is probably somewhere around third finest known. Provenance: From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier ex Lawrence R. Stack Collection, November 2006. PCGS# 688361. Click here for certification details from PCGS. Image with the PCGS TrueView logo is obtained from and is subject to a license agreement with Collectors Universe, Inc. and its divisions PCGS and PSA.