1787 Fugio 1C States United, Cross After Date, BN MS(PCGS#874)

1787 Fugio 1C States United, Cross After Date, BN MS (PCGS#874)

The January 2013 Americana Sale

详细说明: 1787 Fugio Copper. Pointed Rays. Newman 1-L, W-6605. Rarity-5. Obverse Cross After Date, No Cinquefoils, STATES UNITED. AU-50 (PCGS). 165.12 grains. A serious rarity in the Fugio series in any grade, but especially tough to find in choice condition at any level of wear and nearly impossible to locate better than Fine. Frosty golden brown with some remaining luster on beautiful surfaces. A little area of raised verdigris is noted atop the reverse near the 11 o'clock ring, otherwise this Fugio is as choice as any AU of any variety. Well struck despite several sets of clash marks, a single tiny linear planchet striation below F of FUGIO, no notable marks whatsoever. A serious candidate for Finest Known, finer than the Boyd-Ford coin which was used as the reverse plate in the original Newman work. The second finest known to Retz was the Kessler-Roper coin, now in a superb New York City collection; it too is quite choice. Retz's own was but Fine; it still brought $2,820. This landmark example is surely Condition Census, an exception to the rule of low grade and unattractive examples of this rare variety. The two MS-63 examples of this variety on the PCGS Population Report appear to be phantoms, as no one who has ever studied the series has ever heard even a whisper of a Mint State coin. Removing those specimens from the Population Report, this is the single finest example certified and the only AU.