1788 NJ 1/2P Head Left, BN MS(PCGS#527)
1788 NJ 1/2P Head Left, BN MS (PCGS#527)
November 2017 Baltimore U.S. Coins Auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 4174
- 等级
- G6BN
- 价格
- 4,773
- 详细说明
- 1788 New Jersey Copper. Maris 49-f, W-5470. Rarity-5. Horse’s Head Left. Good-6 (PCGS). 143.3 grains. A glossy dark brown obverse joins a lighter golden brown reverse. The surfaces of both faces exhibit some tiny pits at the peripheries as well as other marks of circulation, with all of the design motifs and legends clearly discernable. Struck from Die State 2 of the obverse, the die now sunken behind the horse's head, creating the mounding on the coin that has borne the brunt of circulation wear on the reverse. The "Head Left" type is a major Red Book known by three die combinations, the 49-f being far more elusive than the usually seen 50-f. A handsome if somewhat circulated example of this popular type that has much stronger in detail than the PCGS grade indicates. PCGS# 527. NGC ID: 2B53. Provenance: From the Syd Martin Collection. Earlier Ex Rosa American Fixed Price List of March 1995, lot 285; Coin Rarities (David Wnuck), April 2002.