1787 NJ 1/2P Maris 40-b, Llama Head, BN MS(PCGS#763335)

November 2020 U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

4186

等级

F12

价格

20,458

详细说明

Popular 1787 Maris 40-b Rarity The Llama Head 1787 New Jersey Copper. Maris 40-b, W-5200. Rarity-5+. Llama Head, Sprig Above Plow. Fine-12 (PCGS). 132.2 grains. Pleasing light brown with good centering and excellent eye appeal. Scattered light pitting is present, and some inherent planchet striations subtly blend in behind the central obverse device. A few old dents on the shield and a batch of vertically oriented scratches on the left side of the reverse are all worn and do little harm to the look of this piece. As we noted in our January 2012 description of this piece, “this piece is clearly overstruck on a Connecticut copper, with most of the word AUCTORI visible to the right of the shield.” Though that bit of undertype trivially effects UNUM, the other legends are all quite clear and the date is complete. Overstruck Llama Heads are unusual. The Ted Craige example was struck over a 1780-H French sou; it brought $49,937.50 in our sale of January 2013. The lovely Fine-15 (PCGS) example from the Bareford Collection that we sold in the November 2019 E Pluribus Unum sale was, like this one, struck over a Connecticut; it brought $7,200. This piece may not be quite so choice but still has much to recommend it, including a fine provenance to the collection of a beloved dealer and collector who many of us knew well. Provenance: From the E Pluribus Unum Collection of New Jersey Coppers. Earlier from our sale of Collection SLT, January 2012, lot 7559. PCGS# 521277. 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.