1787 NJ 1/2P Camel Head, Maris 56-n, BN MS(PCGS#767837)

November 2019 Baltimore Colonial Coins and Americana Auction

Auktionator

Stack's Bowers

Losnummer

6159

Erhaltungsgrad

AU53BN

Preis

2.640

Losbeschreibung

1787 New Jersey copper. Maris 56-n. Rarity-1. Camel Head. Overstruck on 1788 Connecticut copper, M. 13-A.1, CONNLC. AU-53 (PCGS). 112.2 grains. Rich frosty medium brown with lustrous gloss and exceptional visual appeal. Very well centered, base of 1 in the date touches the rim, denticles full on the right side of the reverse but lacking on the left. The horsehead is struck into full relief, the shield is complete, and the surfaces on both sides are immaculate. Very nicely overstruck with the portrait from the obverse of the undertype upside down beneath the shield and CONNLC bold in the lower left quadrant of the reverse. CO are only half visible, but NNLC are complete. On the obverse, ET from the reverse of the undertype is plain below the plow handles. Die State 2 with a very thin crack past first U of PLURIBUS to the upper left point of the shield and a thin crack below E of E PLURIBUS on its way to the shield. Mossman’s table of New Jersey overstrikes does not include a Maris 56-n over a 1788 CONNLC Connecticut, and we can’t recall ever encountering one before (though Chris McCawley once had an exceptional Maris 56-n over an AUCTOBI Connecticut and this sale includes both AUCTOPI and CONNFC varieties as undertypes). Any Mailed Bust Left 1788 Connecticut is a pretty unusual undertype, and this rare Red Bookvariety may well be a unique one. Provenance: From the E Pluribus Unum Collection of New Jersey Coppers. PCGS# 767837and 515. Click here for certification details from PCGS.