1787 Massachusetts Cent. Ryder 8-G, W-6160. Rarity-6+. Arrows in Left Talon. Counterstamped. Very Fine-30.，145.9 grains. The 8-G die marriage was unknown to Ryder, discovered only in the 1950s, and it has remained a coveted marriage with a rarity on par with the famed "Transposed Arrows" type; Massachusetts copper researcher Michael Packard had documented 14 specimens as of the writing of Dave Bowers Colonial opus published in 2009. Few comprehensive collections of Massachusetts coppers have ever been offered at auction, and this piece represented the variety in both the Norweb and Partrick collections, while the Ford collection was lacking this rarity. The present piece has been counterstamped with a seven-lobed rosette punch at central obverse and at 12oclock on the reverse. The punch is not documented in Brunk, Rulau or the Byrnie sale, according to the Norweb catalog, though we have seen similar asterisk-like punches on other early American coppers. The dark brown surfaces are glossy and hard and are not unattractive despite a touch of granularity on both sides. Here is what is probably the most well-documented example of the Ryder 8-G, a rarity missing from missing from all but the most advanced collections of Massachusetts coppers.，From the Michael Demling Collection of Massachusetts Cents. Earlier ex Norweb Collection, purchased from Phil Greco on November 28, 1960; Bowers and Merenas Sale of the Norweb Collection, Part 2, March 1988, lot 2657; Donald Groves Partrick Collection (Heritage, January 2015, lot 5710). NGC insert from the Partrick sale is included with this lot. <p>，
