1787 Massachusetts Cent. Ryder 6-G (R-4-). Stout Indian. 154.6 grains. Very Fine. Both the obverse and reverse are a deep brown in color. Obverse scratched in the left field, flawed above the first 'M', rim ragged at right; reverse microgranular around the periphery, soft in the center, lightly flawed down from the rim at the upper left and right.
Ex Henry Chapman's sale of November 3, 1911, lot 42; Hillyer Ryder, F.C.C. Boyd; John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, Part V (Stack's, October 2004, lot 105). Described by Ryder on his ticket as ''Fine. Pin scratches in obverse field.''
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