1787 Fugio 1C States United, 4 Cinq, BN MS(PCGS#883)

June 2020 U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

248

等级

MS61BN

价格

48,738

详细说明

Noteworthy Mint State 1787 Newman 9-P Fugio Copper Ex Ryder-Boyd-Ford 1787 Fugio Copper. Pointed Rays. Newman 9-P, W-6755. Rarity-4. STATES UNITED, 4 Cinquefoils. MS-61 BN (PCGS). 147.4 grains. Both the obverse and reverse of this piece are a rich, even olive-brown color. There are traces of faded mint luster in the letters of the legend on the obverse, principally those at the left. The surfaces are smooth, hard and appear porosity free almost everywhere. There is some slight roughness along the obverse border at left and the reverse border at the left and upper left, but elsewhere this piece is undisturbed by granularity. The strike is slightly off center on both sides, to 3 o'clock in both cases, but affecting only the denticulation in those positions. All of the numerals in the sundial are legible, the sun face is complete, the sun rays are mostly sharp and distinct, and the letters in the legends on both sides, as well as the date numerals, are bold. This is a very high grade example of this die pairing, only 12 examples of which were included among the 1,641 Fugio coppers in the Bank of New York hoard. Not quite as nice as Norweb's, but far superior to both Hancock coins and most others seen. Struck from the very faintly clashed state of the obverse and the broken state of the reverse (Newman Die State B/C), the die on the latter side cracked from the lower left through the neighboring ring into the inner label, then faintly to the border at 3 o'clock. Provenance: Ex Thomas L. Elder's sale of July 1919, lot 321; Hillyer C. Ryder; F.C.C. Boyd estate; John J. Ford, Jr.; our (Stack's) sale of the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, Part I, October 2003, lot 256. PCGS# 883. NGC ID: 2B8E. Click here for certification details from PCGS.