Undated (Circa 1785) Bar Copper. W-8520. Rarity-4. AU Details--Tooled (PCGS).,This bold and appealing piece is evenly toned in rich copper-rose. The strike is trivially off center toward the lower right obverse and upper right reverse, affecting only the denticulation on both sides and the uppermost bar on the reverse. Minor marks and a bit of microscopic roughness are easily forgiven, although more significant is a concentration of scratches in the right obverse field that explains the PCGS qualifier. Steadily increasing in popularity in recent decades, the enigmatic Bar coppers were first reported in the November 12, 1785, edition of the <em>New Jersey Gazette</em>. Similar in design to certain Continental Army uniform buttons of the Revolutionary War period, these pieces are thought to have been produced in Birmingham, England by Thomas Wyon.,PCGS# 599. NGC ID: 2B5J.,,Ex Lamar Collection, 1964 ANA. Paper envelope with provenance notation included.