1788 Massachusetts Half Cent. Ryder 1-A, W-6000. Rarity-4+. VF Details--Scratch (PCGS).，Handsome olive and golden-copper patina is seen on both sides. The impression is drawn toward 9 oclock with the left borders flush with the tops of the letters. Overall definition is suitably bold, although portions of the central obverse are obscured by roughness in the planchet. The PCGS qualifier concerns a few extremely faint pin scratches in the right obverse field; the reverse is considerably smoother with no notable blemishes. By far the scarcer of the two known die marriages of the 1788 Massachusetts half cent, Ryder 1-A is attributable by the high, level placement of both 8s in the date.，PCGS# 308. NGC ID: 228S.，，From the LJV Philadelphia Collection. Earlier from Pine Tree Auctions sale of the John Carter Brown Library Collection for Brown University, May 1976, lot 719. Lot tag included.
