1787 Nova Eborac Copper. W-5755. Medium Bust, Seated Figure Left. AU Details--Edge Damaged (PCGS).，Glossy orange-brown surfaces display glints of rose-red on the obverse. The strike is nicely centered and offers bold detail that wanes appreciably only at the top of the seated figures head and at the liberty cap near the upper reverse border. The surfaces are overall smooth. Several prominent edge bruises on both sides explain the PCGS qualifier. Following petitions to the New York State Assembly on February 11, 1787 for the right to produce copper coins, it is thought that Ephraim Brasher and John Bailey produced a large quantity of coins that we now know as the Nova Eborac coppers. Their name is taken from the obverse inscription NOVA EBORAC, which translates as New York. Examples come in three varieties, distinguished by the size of the obverse bust and the direction in which the reverse figure is seated. The Small Bust variety (W-5765) is of significantly different design and does not appear to be of Brasher/Bailey origin.，PCGS# 478. NGC ID: 2B4A.，，From the LJV Philadelphia Collection. Earlier from Pine Tree Auctions sale of the John Carter Brown Library Collection for Brown University, May 1976, lot 690. Lot tag included.
