1785 CT 1/2P Bust Right, BN MS(PCGS#316)

1785 CT 1/2P Bust Right, BN MS (PCGS#316)

The November 2012 Baltimore Auction

详细说明: The Hessberg 1785 Miller 6.3-G.1 1785 Connecticut Copper. Miller 6.3-G.1, W-2400. Rarity-3. Bust Right. EF-40 (PCGS). 133.7 grains. An exquisite specimen of the variety, as well stuck as any we can remember seeing. Die failure typically softens the left and central reverse, and the high relief portrait is never terribly well struck up. The Ford sale included four lovely specimens (lot 229 was a 6.3-G.1, not a 6.3-G.2). This is better struck than all of them; indeed, both sides show more detail than a composite of all four would. The surfaces are choice chocolate brown, smooth and glossy, the sort of surfaces a collector would select at a state copper buffet. The obverse is ideally centered, while the reverse is aligned trivially to 11 o'clock, allowing for the date to be complete. A broad arc of denticles runs from 3 o'clock, under the date, to about 8 o'clock. The left reverse has begun its swelling into oblivion, but the central device is complete but for the weak outstretched hand. Two tiny rim nicks atop the reverse allow connection to the Hessberg plate, since no more notable flaw is to be found. A gorgeous piece through and through. PCGS# 316. Provenance: From the John "Jack" Royse Collection. Earlier from our (Stack's) sale of the Edward Hessberg Collection, June 1991, lot 1344.