1788 VT 1/2P Georgivs III Rex, RR-31, BN MS(PCGS#687737)

August 2023 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

8427

Grade

XF40BN

Price

1,740

Lot Description

1788 Vermont Copper. RR-31, Bressett 24-U, Vlack 22-88VT, W-2260. Rarity-4. GEORGIVS III REX. EF-40 (PCGS). 129.8 grains. This is about as high grade and sharply struck a RR-31 as you will find, with the hair, laurel wreath and other bust detail sharp if interrupted by a large planchet irregularity at obverse center. Well-centered on a large flan, with much of the widely spaced, triangular denticulation visible around the circumference, while the reverse is centered toward 7 o'clock, with the date tight to the rim and weakened by a crescent of black scale at lower reverse rim. We have not encountered any examples appreciably finer than this coin, which is tied with the other EF-40 in this sale for the finest graded at PCGS. Provenance: From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier from Henry Chapman's sale of the Andrew C. Zabriskie Collection, June 1909, lot 55; Hillyer Ryder; F.C.C. Boyd; our (Stack's) sale of the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, Part I, October 2003, lot 69; Jim LaSarre, December 2009. To view supplemental information and all items from the Sydney F. Martin Collection, click here. PCGS# 687737. 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.