1788 Massachusetts Cent. Ryder 6-N, W-6240. Rarity-3-. No Period After Massachusetts. EF-45 (PCGS).168.2 grains. Deep olive brown with some gentle ruddy mottling and flecks of tan on the obverse, while the reverse is a bit lighter and more consistent in tone. Just a trace of microporosity is noted, mostly toward the rims. Slight natural roughness is noted in the lower pleats of the tunic. Fairly well struck and with no serious marks beyond a tiny rim bump over the H in WEALTH that seems to be visible on the Ryder plate coin. Quite attractive overall and with a nice provenance of more than a century.From the Twin Leaf Collection of Connecticut & Massachusetts Coppers. Earlier ex James S. Bryant, Lyman Low, December 1906:50; Hillyer Ryder; F.C.C. Boyd; John J. Ford, Jr., Stack’s, October 2004:127.
