1787 1/2P Immunis Columbia Eagle Reverse, Plain Edge, BN MS (PCGS#841)
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- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 4003
- 等级
- MS63
- 价格
- 136,888
- 详细说明
- Exceptional Mint State 1787 Immunis Columbia Copper
Eagle Reverse Style
1787 Immunis Columbia Copper. Eagle Reverse. W-5680. Plain Edge. MS-63 BN (PCGS).
A rich deep olive-brown example of this enigmatic issue with centering that is nearly perfect. The obverse rim engages the bottoms of the 17 in the date and is tight to the tops of IM, otherwise the devices are intact. The reverse rim engages the tops of E PLURIBUS U. Though faintly microporous in places, the surfaces still hold up admirably to magnified scrutiny. A reverse die break ascends as a series of raised dots downward to the eagle's sinister shoulder then upward along the edge of the wing and into the field before it terminates at the first U in UNUM, die clash marks in the legend at E PL. As noted in the Bowers Encyclopedia of Colonial and Early American Coins (Whitman, 2009): "Of all the early American coppers, coins in this series are among the most enigmatic." Breen had suggested that Wyon of England was responsible for the dies, but today's collecting community has all but dismissed that as conjecture and not fact. Regardless of origin -- of which we may never be certain -- one thing is known; the present type is the most readily available of the Immunis Columbia issues, and easily the most popular as well. Choice for the grade and almost certain to be a highlight in an advanced early American coinage cabinet.
PCGS# 841.
PCGS Population: 3; 2 finer (both MS-64).
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