1787 1/2P Nova Eborac, Seated Left, BN MS(PCGS#478)

June 2020 U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

196

等级

MS61BN

价格

22,038

详细说明

1787 Nova Eborac Copper. W-5755. Rarity-3. Medium Bust, Seated Figure Left. MS-61 BN (NGC). Handsome medium copper-brown surfaces exhibit intermingled autumn-orange highlights on the obverse. The strike is well centered, the date typically soft for the variety, yet legible, and most other design elements boldly to sharply defined. A planchet flaw at the right reverse border interferes with the detail at the top of the letters LIB in that area, as well as the letters AC in EBORAC in the opposing area on the obverse. Roughness at the back of the effigy's head on the obverse is part of the original planchet texture, the surfaces free of notable post-production blemishes. Like the Excelsior coppers, the Nova Eborac pieces of the same year are attributed to John Bailey and Ephraim Brasher. The two are believed to have operated a joint minting operation in or near New York City, through which they sought a contract to coin coppers from the New York State legislature. Although the contract was never issued, Bailey and Brasher went on to produce a sizeable issue of Nova Eborac pieces, the letter punches for which match those of Brasher's rarer and more famous gold doubloon. This type apparently saw wide circulation, as most are well worn. We have records of two pieces found archaeologically in Charleston, South Carolina! Provenance: From our (Stack's) Yale University Collection sale, December 1971, lot 81; our (Stack's) T. Henry Allen Sale, February 1977, lot 17; Donald Groves Partrick; Heritage's sale of the Donald Groves Partrick Collection, January 2015, lot 5667; Heritage's Signature Auction of October-November 2015, lot 3712. PCGS# 478. NGC ID: 2B4A. Click here for certification details from NGC. Additional image by NGC Photo Vision. Learn more at NGCcoin.com