1787 NJ 1/2P Maris 46-e, Clashed Die, BN MS(PCGS#766317)
1787 NJ 1/2P Maris 46-e, Clashed Die, BN MS (PCGS#766317)
The Summer 2022 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 8088
- 等级
- MS62+BN
- 价格
- 140,652
- 详细说明
- Choice Mint State Maris 46-e 1787 New Jersey Copper. Maris 46-e, W-5250. Rarity-1. Outlined Shield, Clashed Die. MS-62+ BN (PCGS). 143.2 grains. 27.5 mm. An absolutely magnificent New Jersey copper, rich with satiny luster and splendid visual appeal. Warm and frosty medium brown with highlights of rose and gold. Absolutely ideal centering is seen on both sides, unusual for this variety, and the strike is superb. The shield shows full internal detail with no soft spot, an unusual characteristic for this often-seen variety. Several die clashes are visible, and the obverse has just begun to fail under the plowhandles, placing this die state on the continuum somewhere between Die State 3 and Die State 4. Maris 46-e is a common variety, and a fair number are known in Mint State or approaching it, making a Condition Census something close to impossible. The SHI Census lists four UNC coins and two graded AU+, but more could be included. For their part, PCGS has assigned the MS-62+ grade to a New Jersey copper just twice, with 27 total grading events at higher levels. With well over 2,500 New Jersey coppers graded (and who knows how many more that have received non-numerical "details" grades), choice Mint State examples like this represent just a tiny fraction of survivors. Even if there are a fair number of high grade Maris 46-e coppers about, the number that have this kind of luster (flawless!), this kind of color (choice!), this kind of centering (ideal!), and this kind of strike (definitive!) is vanishingly small. Even our jaundiced eye can conceive of nothing negative to say about this coin. Provenance: From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier ex Lawrence R. Stack Collection, November 2006. PCGS# 766317. Click here for certification details from PCGS. Image with the PCGS TrueView logo is obtained from and is subject to a license agreement with Collectors Universe, Inc. and its divisions PCGS and PSA. Click here to see Coins in Motion.[“Coins]