1787 New Jersey Copper. Maris 30-L, W-5090. Rarity-4. Outlined Shield. AU Details—Cleaned (PCGS).，138.5 grains. This is an incredibly sharp and well detailed survivor of the die combination, with the individual hair strands in the horses mane just starting to merge from high point wear. This example, tied for third position in the Condition Census, is indeed sharper than the finest known Maris-Garrett specimen, which was called Uncirculated by Maris himself. The present examples lustrous dark chocolate brown surfaces are lightly lustrous, though lightly hairlined across plow. Struck from obverse Die State 1, for which this coin serves as the plate specimen in the Siboni/Howes/Ish reference. Though an early die state specimen, the dies clashed early on, leaving the incuse, retrograde impression of the BUS of PLURIBUS through all digits in the date, details that would be visible only on a high grade specimen as this. This is the finest example of Maris 30-L to have sold since the Ford sale, with no examples in such intervening sales as Schettino, Lorenzo, Scherff, Newman, SLT, or Craige coming close.，PCGS# 503. NGC ID: 2B4K.，，<em>From the Syd Martin Collection. Purchased privately on January 18, 2011, from Steve Frank, who located this coin on eBay. </em><br />
