1787 CT 1/2P Mail Bust Rt, Muttonhead, BN MS(PCGS#343)

October 2018 Baltimore U.S. Coins Auction

Auktionator

Stack's Bowers

Losnummer

7078

Erhaltungsgrad

AU58+BN

Preis

9.600

Losbeschreibung

High Grade 1787 Muttonhead Connecticut Among the Finest Known 1787 Connecticut copper. Miller 1.2-C, W-2720. Rarity-3. Muttonhead. AU-58+ (PCGS). 179.0 grains. One of the best Muttonheads around, struck from an early enough die state that the date is complete and the legends are nearly so. Frosty and lustrous chestnut and steel brown with exceptional visual appeal. The planchet is broad and the strike is well centered, leaving denticles around most of the obverse. A clip at 1:00 does not harm any design elements on either side, and a truly trivial rim nick over T of ET on the reverse is the only mark worth noting. This middle die state shows a few of the letters of the obverse legend lapped away, including E of CONNEC and half of both Os, but the Muttonhead portrait remains sharp. A good EF is a strong grade for a Muttonhead. This one is better than that. Provenance: From the Archangel Collection. Earlier, from Bowers and Ruddy’s sale of the Kensington Collection, December 1975, lot 233. PCGS Population: 1, none finer. PCGS# 343 Click here for certification details from PCGS.