1776 $1 Continental Currency Ornament after Date MS(PCGS#798)

The November 2012 Baltimore Auction

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

6532

Grade

VG8

Price

264

Lot Description

1776 Machin's Mills Halfpenny. Vlack 6-76A, W-7790. Rarity-4. GEORGIVS III, Large Date. VG-8 Minor Smoothing. 103.4 grains. Deep golden-brown with an area on the effigy's neck where same faint vertical scratches have been smoothed, otherwise the quality is substantial for the grade and type. The 1776 date makes this Machin's Mills copper one of the most popular of all "colonial" issues. Pleasing for the grade. PCGS# 945. Provenance: Paper envelope with attribution note included.