1787 NJ 1/2P Camel Head, Maris 56-n, BN MS(PCGS#767837)

The Summer 2022 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

8106

等级

VF35BN

价格

21,511

详细说明

Very Rare Nova Eborac Undertype 1787 New Jersey Copper. Maris 56-n, W-5310. Rarity-1. Camel Head--Overstruck on a 1787 Nova Eborac Copper--VF-35 (PCGS). Overstruck on a 1787 Nova Eborac copper. One of the real prizes among Syd's collection of unusual Camel Heads, a rare undertype on a coin with superb aesthetic appeal. Smooth and glossy chocolate brown, with ideal even color and superb surface quality. A little bit of truly harmless encrustation is trapped in protected areas, and a couple of minor scattered marks are seen. Two thin hairlines barely deserve notice in the right obverse field. A really rare and exciting overstrike, oriented obverse to obverse. The well centered and well struck New Jersey dominates the obverse, though the muzzle of the horsehead is interrupted by the central device and V of NOVA is seen beneath the final A of CAESAREA. The floral quatrefoil punctuation from the undertype is visible beneath the end of the plowbar. The reverse is where all the action is on this coin, with basically the complete seated figure visible, upside down but perfectly aligned with the shield. Some portion of the peripheral legend of the undertype is easily seen as well. There are at least three of these. One was in our May 1989 sale of the John Foreman Collection as lot 1416, graded Fine, and another in our November 2019 sale of the E Pluribus Unum Collection, lot 6183. The 1975 Anton listing of known New Jersey overstrikes in Colonial Newslettermentions a Maris 56-n over a Nova Eborac, a reference to the E Pluribus Unum specimen. Of course, there's always the possibility of others out there, which is half the fun of collecting Maris 56-n by undertype. Provenance: From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier ex Richard Picker, May 1967; Heritage's sale of the W. Philip Keller Collection, October 2010, lot 3306. PCGS# 767837. 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.