1787 New Jersey Copper. Maris 43-Y (R-4+). Rahway Mint. 150.6 grains. Extremely Fine. Both sides are a combination of coppery red and brown following a very old cleaning. The central sharpness is good, the horse's mane is distinct, the ornamental staff below it shows some of its internal detail and most of the horizontal shield lines are still separate and distinct. There are patches of roughness around the base of the obverse and the top of the reverse, principally due, it appears, to the effects of the planchet cutter which had damaged the rim on the obverse and beveled the rim on the reverse in those positions. Struck from the apparently perfect state of the obverse. The reverse die clearly clashed through the shield at the upper left portion, with incuse lines visible in the field below 'PLU'.
Ex F.C.C. Boyd Estate; John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, Part I (Stack's, October 2003, lot 153).
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