1787 Massachusetts Cent. Ryder 6-G, W-6140. Rarity-4-.Arrows in Left Talon, Stout Indian. VF-35.,154.5 grains. A marvelous example with a known provenance extending back well over a century, its surfaces a choice dark brown hue with a touch of inherent planchet striations at left and right reverse. Old scratches between COMMON and Indians bow will forever hallmark this as the Guy-Ryder-Boyd-Ford-Martin-Demling specimen. One of multiple specimens of this die marriage collected by Mike, this one clearly for its sharpness and its illustrious pedigree.,From the Michael Demling Collection of Massachusetts Cents. Earlier ex W. B. Guy Collection(Henry Chapman, November 3, 1911, lot 42); Hillyer Ryder; F.C.C. Boyd; Stacks sale of the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, Part V, October 2004, lot 105;purchased privately from Syd Martin via Mike Wierzba.<p>,