1787 NJ 1/2P Pattern Shield, Maris 6-C, BN MS(PCGS#767863)

1787 NJ 1/2P Pattern Shield, Maris 6-C, BN MS (PCGS#767863)

August 2023 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Lot Description: 1787 New Jersey Copper. Maris 6-C, W-5040. Rarity-4. Pattern Shield. VF-35 (PCGS). 132.0 grains. Lovely medium brown with good gloss, an exemplary shade and aesthetic for this important variety. Struck on a broad planchet that allows for generous denticles around the periphery and some unstruck area beyond the die edge on both sides, this piece is pretty ideally centered on obverse and reverse. A small mint clip is visible on the rim to the right side of the date. The surface are not perfectly smooth, with some broadly scattered natural pits and more significant striations on the right side of the obverse, mostly around the plowbar. Aside from a very shallow abrasion at a denticle tip under the plowhandles and an old mark left of C in CAESAREA, this piece shows no visible post-striking flaws. This variety sees added demand pressure as the only collectible appearance of Reverse C, a particularly nicely engraved die that was used on the most notably distinctive New Jersey rarities: the 1786 Immunis Columbia (Maris 3-C), Washington Head copper (Maris 4-C), and the Heraldic Eagle copper (Maris 5-C). This example is without question finer and prettier than most. Provenance: From the E Pluribus Unum Collection. PCGS# 767863. Click here for certification details from PCGS. Image with the PCGS TrueView logo is obtained from and is subject to a license agreement with Collectors Universe, Inc. and its divisions PCGS and PSA.