1787 Massachusetts Half Cent. Ryder 1-D, W-5900. Rarity-4. AU-53 (PCGS).78.6 grains. Dark steel brown surfaces with faint mahogany outlines around the devices and nuances of pale blue-green in the fields. Glossy and sharp, but lightly porous throughout under magnification. Apparently cleaned long ago, though now almost completely toned back. Well struck, as usually seen, with excellent detail commensurate with the grade.From the Twin Leaf Collection of Connecticut & Massachusetts Coppers. Earlier ex Michigan State Numismatic Society’s 47th Anniversary Convention, Craig A. Whitford Numismatic Auctions, November 2002:1567 via Anthony Terranova.
