1787 Fugio Copper. Pointed Rays. Newman 12-U, W-6810. Rarity-4. STATES UNITED, 4 Cinquefoils. AU-53 (PCGS).147.1 grains. A superb Fugio copper, ranking high in the pecking order of known specimens of the variety and once listed as finest known in the Retz census. Frosty and unusually even dark olive with just a hint of lighter brown color above the date and along the lower left obverse border. Very sharp and well struck throughout, with just a few trivial striations on either side of the sundials base. The reverse is heavily clashed, as is typical, but the obverse is still in its perfect state. The Retz piece showed similar sharpness but was a bit corroded; Ted Craiges was also sharp but was smoothed. The Boyd-Ford piece was likewise not this nice. This would upgrade most advanced collectors, many of whom own heavily worn Newman 12-Us.From Early American Numismatics Sale 1, January 1985, lot 322; our sale of the Robert Ayers Collection, August 2013, lot 1361.
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