'1778' 1/2P Machin's Mills, BN MS(PCGS#466)

Winter 2022 U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

3124

等级

XF45BN

价格

7,204

详细说明

1778 Machin's Mills Halfpenny. Vlack 11-78A, W-7820. Rarity-3. GEORGIVS III, Group III. EF-45 (PCGS). Satiny autumn-brown surfaces with warm rose highlights evident as the coin dips into a light. Reverse centering is quite good, that on the obverse off to the right, but only enough to weaken III and REX somewhat. All other major design elements are bold with plenty of sharp detail remaining in the more protected areas. Planchet flecking (as made) is common to the variety and most intense here over the right half of the obverse. It has been posited that some of the dates on the Machin's Mills halfpence for which no genuine halfpence exist can be explained as commemoratives, such as 1776 for Independence and 1778 for the laying of Thomas Machin's famous iron chain across the Hudson River to stop the British advance during the Revolutionary War. If true, these would be some of America's earliest commemorative coins, far earlier than the 1848 $2.50 gold pieces stamped CAL., celebrating it being struck from the first gold shipped east from the California Gold Rush. Provenance: From the Harold Hauser Collection. Collector envelope with attribution notation included. PCGS# 466. 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.