1787 NJ 1/2P Bulbous Nose, Maris 43-d, BN MS(PCGS#763359)

1787 NJ 1/2P Bulbous Nose, Maris 43-d, BN MS (PCGS#763359)

The August 2014 Chicago ANA Auction Rarities Night

Losbeschreibung: 1787 New Jersey Copper. Maris 43-d. Rarity-1. MS-63 BN (PCGS). CAC. One of the "Pronounced Outline to Shield" varieties, although not designated as such on the PCGS insert. Left ear under space between C and A. Other ear under left upright of A. This example was struck slightly off center on both sides, and the tops of the letters URIB on the reverse are off the flan. The reverse has mild clash marks from the obverse design, occurring mainly across the lower right portion of the shield. A pleasing and nicely preserved Select Mint State example. Lustrous and largely free of post-strike imperfections. Maris 43-d is one of the more readily obtainable New Jersey copper die marriages in terms of total number of examples known, but the series as a whole is rare in Mint State. The present example is one of perhaps just a half dozen or so Uncs known, per William T. Anton, Jr. (referenced in the Whitman Encyclopedia of Colonial and Early American Coins by Q. David Bowers).