1787 New Jersey Copper. Maris 39-a, W-5195. Rarity-2. No Sprig Above Plow, Small Head. EF-45 BN (NGC). Original autumn-brown patina with intermingled olive highlights, this is an attractive coin to represent the wider New Jersey copper series in a type set of colonial and early federal era coinage. Detail is bold to sharp for most design elements, and all are fully appreciable. Close inspection with a loupe reveals light roughness to the texture, much of it as made, but there are sizeable or otherwise noteworthy marks. A shallow straight planchet clip just before 3 oclock relative to the obverse is as made. Certainly not a Condition Census specimen, yet still a nice coin and a higher grade survivor of this die pairing. PCGS# 506. NGC ID: 2B4N.
