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Categories • Stack's November 2004 → United States Coins → U. S. Colonial Coins |
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Lot # |
Description |
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1723 Wood's Hibernia Halfpenny. Brilliant Uncirculated
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BU |
$575.00
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- close to Choice. Deeply reflective glossy brown surfaces enhance a meticulous obverse strike, with its sharp-nosed head of George I. Reverse center displays somewhat less definition in the folds of Hibernia's draperies. A glass finds mild porosity in William Wood's complex alloy but the overall visual quality of this charming coin must be seen to be fully appreciated. NGC MS62BN. |
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1773 Virginia Halfpenny. Period after GEORGIVS. Very Choice Brilliant Uncirculated
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VERY CH BU |
$950.00
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Immaculate red-brown surfaces boast substantial mint red for exquisite visual quality. Such minute details as the Arms of England, Scotland and Brunswick on the reverse shield are meticulously defined. The Irish harp shows seven strings, a tribute to an exacting strike. Here is a near-Gem example of the only royally authorized coinage for any American colony, combining beauty, history... more |
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1766 Pitt Halfpenny
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VF |
$1,000.00
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Very Fine. Well detailed bust l. of THE RESTORER OF COMMERCE, William Pitt, whose impassioned opposition defeated the Stamp Act. Reverse depicts a sailing ship and partial legend hailing the FRIENDS OF LIBERTY AND TRADE. This token recalls a pivotal moment in the movement leading to American independence. Its deeply glossy brown surfaces offer outstanding visual quality. PCGS VF20. |
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1786 Vermont. Landscape type. VERMONTENSIUM. Ryder 6
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VG to F |
$190.00
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Very Good to Fine. 100.6 grains. Medium golden brown with darker color residing in deep planchet flaws, traces of pitting. Obverse shows full sun face and trees, plow and date. Reverse detail is much softer with DECIMA wholly gone. |
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1787 New Jersey. Maris 63-q
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F |
$125.00
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Fine. 152 grains. Deep uniform brown surfaces exhibit microporosity at the obverse right. All devices are forceful in profile, weak in detail. A broad 30.9mm planchet gives the coin an imposing look. |
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1787 Massachusetts Cent. Ryder 2b-A. Horned Eagle
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EF |
$550.00
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Strong Very Fine, nearly Extremely Fine. 145.5 grains. Deep glossy brown, generally boldly detailed with a hint of edge roughness over WEALTH. |
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1788 Massachusetts Half Cent. R.1-B.
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F |
$275.00
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Fine. 77.6 grains. Pleasing smooth reddish-brown with smooth fields showing a very minor mark or two of minimal visual significance. |
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1796 Castorland Medal Restrike. Breen 1062. Choice Brilliant Proof
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CH BR PF |
$1,100.00
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- with claims to Gem. Silver, 32.5mm, 11.65 grams. Reeded edge also bears the Paris Mint's Pointing Hand Privy Mark and ARGENT, used 1879. Struck with the original dies, identified by irregular old-style letters, notably in CASTORLAND below the mural-crowned city goddess. The reverse shows the beginning of the die bulge at PARENS that becomes pronounced before total die failure. Castorland... more |
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1783 Washington. Unity States Cent. Baker 1
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BU |
$1,300.00
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Copper. Plain edge. 114.7 grains. Brilliant Uncirculated. Typically granular as made, with bold striations visible at the peripheries to make the issue appear already circulated at the time of release. The obverse is a light iridescent rose and blue while the reverse is a combination of iridescent yellow, purple, rose and blue-green. Believed struck about 1820 with the clear intent of... more |
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1793 Washington Ship Halfpenny. Baker 18
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CH AU |
$1,200.00
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Copper. Choice About Uncirculated, on the cusp of full Mint State. Deep smooth brown shows a tantalizing hint of underlying red. The sharply defined reverse shows a far less advanced die bulge than often seen on this desirable Washington token. NGC AU58BN. |
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1787 Fugio Cent. Newman 12-U.
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F-15 |
$280.00
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Fine-15. Main devices are reasonably bold, reverse shows STATES UNITED. Tan surfaces display normal wear, hints of granularity and a shallow planchet clip at 5:30 for added interest. |
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