''1776'' 1/2P Machin's, Vlack 6-76A, BN MS(PCGS#826951)

''1776'' 1/2P Machin's, Vlack 6-76A, BN MS (PCGS#826951)

Spring 2023 U.S. Coins Auction

Lot Description: High Grade 1776 Vlack 6-76A 1776 Machin's Mills Halfpenny. Vlack 6-76A, W-7790. Rarity-4. GEORGIVS III, Group I, Large Date. AU-50 (PCGS). 120.2 grains. A really impressive example of the scarce and popular 1776 date. Boldly struck and only lightly worn with far more definition on the obverse portrait and reverse seated Britannia than typically seen. Glossy surfaces are light steel-brown and tan in color, and show subtle traces of mint frost in the fields. No contact marks and just trivial natural planchet roughness in a few places. The only slightly finer example we are aware of is the Garrett specimen, recently sold as part of the Partrick Collection where undergraded NGC EF-40, it yet realized a strong $16,800. The present coin has all of the sharpness of that piece, with perhaps just slightly inferior surface quality and technical grade, but still quite lovely. This is the single finest graded at PCGS for the 1776 date. Provenance: From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier ex Chris Stevens, February 2012. Plated to illustrate the variety in The History and Coinage of Machin's Mills by Howes, Rosen, and Trudgen, 2020, p. 129. To view supplemental information and all items from the Sydney F. Martin Collection, click here. PCGS# 826951. 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.