1787 Immunis Columbia copper. W-5680. Large Eagle Reverse. AU-50 (PCGS).160.6 grains. Plain edge. Glossy dark chocolate and steel with smooth, flawless surfaces. Choice in appearance and very well centered for the type, with all four date digits present on the planchet. Extremely well detailed on both sides. The beveled edge and the tight, thick planchet has attracted some minuscule nicks on the rim, none serious. A far finer than typical example of this fascinating coinage, struck stateside as one of many for-profit private entries into the circulating medium of the day. With its design inspired by the Immune Columbia issues of 1785, and a reverse legend taken from the contemporary New Jersey coppers, this is among the most American designs of its era.PCGS Population: 4; 27 finer.From the Archangel Collection. Earlier, from Stack’s sale of May 1975, lot 464; Ira Reed’s sale of March 1946, lot 579; New Netherlands Coin Company’s 63rd Sale, April 1972, lot 732.
