1787   New Jersey copper.    Maris 6-C   R4   VF25           $ 1,450
The Pattern Reverse. Glossy light steel brown with ideal surface quality. Aside from a single pinprick nick inside the denticles at 3:00 on the obverse, there are no marks or flaws. The date is bold and the usually soft obverse is nicely detailed. An excellent quality specimen of this important variety, one whose reverser is married to some of the rarest and most desirable issues in the early American series---the Immunis Columbia/New Jersey mule, the New Jersey Washington Head, and the 1786 Date Under Plowbeam, among others. This coin has a good pedigree too: Ex. Bowers & Merena’s Boyd, Brand, and Ryder Sale, March 1990, Lot 1204 with lot ticket, earlier Ex. FCC Boyd.

 
1788 New Jersey   Maris 50-f.    R2      F18    Head Left   $ 2,250
152.8 gns. Attractive light brown with excellent eye appeal and sharp details that suggest VF in many areas. The obverse is ideally centered and bold, despite the usual scattered striations and minor granularity. An arc of die swelling looms behind the horse head and a crack echoes it from EA of CAESAREA to the right side of the date. A handsome Head Left and an ideal type coin.

Washington Born Virginia Electrotype     EF40                   $   550
Superb light brown electrotype of the rare Washington Born Virginia. Hard medium chocolate surface. Well executed.

1792    Rosa Americana Two Pence NGC AU58                 $ 2,600
Beautiful tan and brown subdued luster over the entire surface. Hard to see the wear. Well struck with superior planchet quality.