1783 Georgius Triumpho copper. Baker-7, Musante GW-54, W-10100. EF Detail, Cleaned (PCGS).138.5 grains. Medium brown with smooth surfaces and good eye appeal despite an area of hairlines and thin patina behind the portrait. Scattered marks are present, and the reverse shows a couple of areas of darker toning at the exergue. Middle-late die state with a vertical crack through the reverse figure, but the dies have not yet fatigued so much that details are affected. A handsome piece with a fine provenance.From the Archangel Collection. Earlier, from Stack’s sale of the Numismatic Properties of the Essex Institute, February 1975, lot 67.
