1788 CT 1/2P MB Right, Miller 2-D, BN MS(PCGS#687248)

November 2020 U.S. Coins Auction

Auktionator

Stack's Bowers

Losnummer

4117

Erhaltungsgrad

MS62BN

Preis

6.300

Losbeschreibung

Breen Encyclopedia Plate 1788 Miller 2-D Ex 1975 EAC Sale 1788 Connecticut Copper. Miller 2-D, W-4405. Rarity-1. Mailed Bust Right. MS-62 BN (PCGS). 118.6 grains. An exceptional example of a variety that comes nice, but not this nice. Lustrous golden tan with vibrant rose, blue, and violet undertones. Very well struck on a broader than usual planchet, showing crisp denticles around the obverse from 3:00 to past 6:00 and on the reverse from right of 12:00 to just past 6:00. The shield shows a good bit of detail, and other devices are also crisp, with just a very localized area of softness and planchet texture at the central obverse. A tiny planchet flaw is noted on the cheek of the obverse portrait. Middle die state, with a subtle visible clash, short crack from rim to cuirass, another from the rim through B of LIB to the shield, and a break at I of LIB. There are a lot of AU 1788 Miller 2-Ds in the world, and even more EFs. But real Uncirculateds are genuinely rare. Bobby Martin’s AU-58 (PCGS) was ex Hall-Brand-Bareford; it was not as sharply struck as this, but brought $2,880. The Laird Park-Archangel coin brought the identical sum in our October 2018 sale. It was graded MS-62 BN (PCGS), but much of the reverse was dusted in light verdigris, leaving this as the nicer coin despite the identical grade assignment. The only other PCGS MS-62 BN, tied for finest PCGS has seen from this die marriage, is the Ford:472 coin, which brought just a shade under $20,000 during the mania for slabbed colonials that suggested to some that since it was the only PCGS-certified Uncirculated it must be the finest known. The Ford coin is nice. This one is probably a bit better, and it has strong claims to first position in the Condition Census. Provenance: From the E Pluribus Unum Collection. Earlier from Pine Tree Rare Coin Auction’s 1975 EAC Sale, February 1975, lot 295. PCGS Population (all 1788 Mailed Bust Right varieties): 3, 1 finer (MS-65 BN). PCGS #397 and #687248.