1787 Cent Massachusetts, Horn, BN MS(PCGS#305)

November 2019 Baltimore Colonial Coins and Americana Auction

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

4042

Grade

VF35BN

Price

660

Lot Description

1787 Massachusetts Cent. Ryder 2b-A, W-6040. Rarity-2. Arrows in Left Talon, Horned Eagle. VF-35 (PCGS). This is a hard, tight, overall satiny example dressed in marbled medium brown and steely-copper patina. The strike is a bit tight to the lower obverse border, affecting only the denticulation, with the reverse better centered and all devices suitably bold for the assigned grade. Free of significant surface marks, a few dull edge bruises are noted solely for accuracy. An ideal representative of this popular Guide Bookvariety, named for the small hornlike die break connecting the eagle's head to the H in MASSACHUSETTS. This reverse die is known only in this pairing while the obverse was used in its earlier state on the famous Transposed Arrows. This lot includes Colonial American Coin Club photo certificate #132383 for this coin executed for member number 150 and signed by Walter Breen and Don Taxay, a collector tag with notes about this coin's grade, and a letter dated March 27, 1975 on Colonial American Coin Club letterhead and signed Don Taxay that provides historical information about Massachusetts copper coinage. The supporting materials are available to the winning bidder upon request to Stack's Bowers Galleries at the close of the auction. PCGS# 305. NGC ID: 2B25. Click here for certification details from PCGS.