1789 (ca. 1792) Washington Born Virginia Copper. Legend Reverse. Musante GW-33, Baker-60, W-10730. Copper. VF-25 (PCGS).Bold gray-brown patina with only wispy handling marks that are easily overlooked by the unaided eye. The central reverse is softly impressed, as typically noted for the type, but the position of the 1 in 1775 relative to the I in AMERICAN can just be discerned to confirm the Baker-60 attribution. The balance of the features are suitably bold for the assigned grade. The enigmatic Washington President and Washington Born Virginia coppers are closely related in obverse portrait style to the Large and Small Eagle cents of 1791. As such, the dies for these types may also have been engraved by John Gregory Hancock. These coppers were likely struck by Obediah Westwood of Birmingham, England. Seemingly produced in limited numbers, all types and varieties in this series are scarce to rare in numismatic circles, confirming the significance of this offering for the advanced Washingtoniana specialist.Ex Heritages sale of the Collection of Dr. Joseph M. Seventko, August 2001, lot 5104; Heritages sale of the Steve Glenn Collection, April 2006, lot 193; Anthony Terranova, November 10, 2006; our sale of the Carolina Colonial Coin Collection, November 2016 Baltimore Auction, lot 5140.
