1787 Massachusetts Cent. Ryder 6-G, W-6140. Rarity-4-. Stout Indian. AU-53 (PCGS).156.4 grains. Attractive light olive brown and tan with a few gentle steel striations in the fields. Glossy and very handsome with no marks worthy of specific mention. One retained linear lamination passes through the right obverse field from between the L and T of WEALTH, nearly to the arrow. Another tiny void is noted at the center of the shield. These two minor planchet imperfections made it easy to reconnect this coin to its Norweb provenance, as both are visible in the plate. A bit of crumbling around the obverse rim is indicative of the later state of this die. Well struck and nicely detailed with just a trace of softness at the centers.From the Twin Leaf Collection of Connecticut & Massachusetts Coppers. Earlier ex Richard Picker, 1959; Norweb Collection, Bowers and Merena, March 1988:2656; Stack’s, March 1994:284; Anthony Terranova, 2008.