1795 1/2P Washington-Grate Large Buttons, LE, GW-49, BN MS(PCGS#743)

1795 1/2P Washington-Grate Large Buttons, LE, GW-49, BN MS (PCGS#743)

Winter 2022 U.S. Coins Auction

详细说明: Circa 1795 Grate Halfpenny. Large Buttons. Musante GW-49, Baker-29, Breen-1274. Copper. Lettered edge, PAYABLE AT LONDON LIVERPOOL OR BRISTOL. MS-63 BN (PCGS). 28.7 mm. 135.1 grains. Beautiful chocolate and olive brown with soft accents of faded orange in the peripheries. Glossy throughout with slight prooflike flash in the fields that gives this exceptional eye appeal. Very nicely struck with the entirety of the grate and hearth ornamentation sharply expressed. In 1988, Walter Breen identified Grate halfpence with this edge device as very rare, noting that there were only “4 or 5 known” and citing only the Roper and Robison pieces. There are four in our online archives, not including this one. The ones Breen cited do not appear to match this one, nor do they seem to match those in our archives, bringing this easily found total to seven. Rulau and Fuld noted about 10. This said, most do not have the overall quality, eye appeal or strike of this superb example. Provenance: From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier ex the Lawrence R. Stack Collection, November 2006. 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.