1787 CT 1/2P Draped Bust Left, BN MS (PCGS#370)
August 2023 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 8297
- 等级
- VF30
- 价格
- 6,990
- 详细说明
- 1787 Connecticut Copper. Miller 29.1-n, W-3150. Rarity-6-. Draped Bust Left. VF-30 (PCGS).
Deep and somewhat mottled mahogany brown with scattered areas of darker steel toning and a few small oxidation spots, most of which appear hard and stable. The appearance is generally glossy, but up close there are some patches of superficial crustiness in the patina or very mild porosity. Both sides are centered low and to the left (relative to the obverse). The base of the bust is off the flan, as are most of DE of INDE, and the tops of Liberty's head and pole. The date is fully on the flan, but soft. Both this feature and the minor centering issue are typical of this pairing. The Hessberg-Robert Martin coin, graded VF-35, might well be the finest example. The 1975 EAC sale piece is perhaps a bit sharper than this, but is suggested to have compromised surfaces. This is "right up there," so to speak and likely comfortably within the Condition Census. The variety was missing from Norweb, Oechsner, Ford and Newman. The Taylor-Partrick coin was graded just Fine-12 by NGC, and is on a prominently flawed flan.
Provenance: From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier from Walter Breen, May 1959; Robert Vlack, October 1966; Heritage's sale of the W. Philip Keller Collection, October 2010, lot 3222.
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PCGS# 370. NGC ID: 2B2X.
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