1787 NJ 1/2P Goiter Variety, Maris 37-f, BN MS(PCGS#766266)

November 2019 Baltimore Colonial Coins and Americana Auction

Commissaire-priseur

Stack's Bowers

Numéro du lot

6098

Grade

VF25BN

Prix

5 040

Description du lot

Condition Census Quality 1787 Maris 37-f 1787 New Jersey copper. Maris 37-f. Rarity-4. Outlined Shield, Goiter. VF-25 (PCGS). 159.6 grains. Glossy and smooth light brown, just exemplary for the assigned grade. The obverse is aligned rightward, with complete denticles framing most of the left side and the die edge visible beyond. The reverse is a bit soft at the lower right periphery, as always seen. The obverse is in its typical early state, with a goiter break and a break left of the coulter, but no further spalling and deterioration. The reverse shows a heavy break in the right of the shield, a little later that the plate coin for Die State 3 in the Siboni, Howes, Ish book, but not quite so late as Die State 4. This piece is remarkably problem free and struck on one of the better planchets we’ve seen for this marriage (or any of related ones). The overall quality and sharpness look a lot like the SHI plate coin, the EF+ Boyd-Ford-Siboni ranked second in their Condition Census. That coin is called EF+ in the census, ranking it ahead of the EF Taylor coin ranked third. Your cataloger called it a choice 35-40 coin when he saw it in 2003 and would grade this coin similarly today. The Maris-Garrett-Taylor coin, sold in our March 2017 Dr. Gordon Shaw offering, is sharper but less perfect. The two VF+ coins and the four VFs that follow haven’t all been seen, but we like this one better than the ones we’ve held in hand. It’s certainly of Condition Census quality; rank it where you like. Provenance: From the E Pluribus Unum Collection of New Jersey Coppers. PCGS# 766266and 522420. Click here for certification details from PCGS.