1786 New Jersey Copper. Maris 24-P, W-4965. Rarity-2. Narrow Shield, Curved Plow Beam. AU-50 (PCGS).，162.6 grains. This is a very high grade survivor of a common variety that is in many ways equivalent in quality to the few listed in the Siboni/Howes/Ish Condition Census. Original light brown mint gloss is visible on both sides of this sharp specimen, with some darker speckling in the metal that is best visualized at arms length rather than up close. Microscopic planchet flakes are inherent to this coins metal, and the meandering wormlike features around the UR of PLURIBUS are actually fibers of thread that adhered to the reverse die from a wiping rag and were struck into this New Jersey reverse, leaving their impression. We cannot recall seeing a similar example of a strike through on a New Jersey copper. Well centered, well pedigreed and attractive, a finer Maris 24-P will not be easily found.，PCGS# 45424.，，<em>From the Syd Martin Collection. </em>Earlier Ex<em> our (Stacks) sale of May 2000, lot 89; our (Stacks) sale of September 2005, lot 286; Lawrence R. Stack Collection. </em>
