1787 Massachusetts Half Cent. Ryder 5-A, W-5960. Rarity-3. AU-50.An appealing coin that is close to AU, both sides are smooth in hand with relatively pleasing medium copper and pale orange patina. Boldly defined apart from trivial softness of strike in the centers, the strike is trivially off center to the upper obverse, the reverse ideally centered. A pleasing example of this two-year issue.