1787 NJ 1/2P Maris 38-Y, Pony Head, BN MS(PCGS#766248)

November 2019 Baltimore Colonial Coins and Americana Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

6104

等级

F15BN

价格

6,316

详细说明

Fascinating Maris 38-Y Overstrike on Maris 43-d 1787 New Jersey copper. Maris 38-Y. Rarity-3. Outlined Shield, Small Head. Overstruck on 1787 New Jersey copper, Maris 43-d. F-15 (PCGS). 160.3 grains. A New Jersey copper that proves every coin should be studied carefully. On its face, this is a Small Planchet New Jersey of little importance: evenly worn, finely granular, on a flawed planchet with a crude rim in the upper right obverse and some internal striations. Under magnification, a different picture emerges: flattened lines on the reverse beneath UNUM reveal themselves as an overstruck shield, and above UNUM at the rim, IBUS of PLURIBUS becomes clear. Examining the undertype’s PLURIBUS, the tip of the shield is directly beneath the right upright of the U, denoting the undertype as struck from Maris reverse d, a totally different die! Flipping the coin over, the final A of CAESAREA is visible above AR of CAESAREA on the dominant strike. Not much else survives from the undertype on the obverse, but we are reasonably sure the undertype is a Maris 43-d after examining all obverses married to reverse d (including the very rare marriages with obverses 16 and 26). The undertype looks to have been struck significantly off-center, suggesting the error strike was spoiled and recycled in the same way that error large cents were occasionally turned into half cent (or, rarely, large cent) planchets at the early U.S. Mint. This phenomenon isn’t unknown among New Jersey coppers either, as the current collection includes a Maris 20-N and a Maris 39-a struck over errors. The difference here is that those pieces are struck over error-strike examples of the same die variety, whereas this one is a different variety entirely. This should appeal immensely to those who have studied New Jersey emission sequences or those who collect unusual errors. This may not be totally unique, but it is certainly one of the more unusual New Jersey striking anomalies your cataloger has encountered. Provenance: From the E Pluribus Unum Collection of New Jersey Coppers. PCGS# 766248and 506. Click here for certification details from PCGS.