1787 Fugio Copper. Pointed Rays. Newman 10-T, W-6705. Rarity-5. STATES UNITED, 1/Horizontal 1. 4 Cinquefoils. EF-45 (PCGS).A first rate example of the variety with exceptional definition and eye appeal. Sharp, barely worn detail, the obverse receiving a particularly bold strike save for a little weakness on the right border where the planchet tapered thin. Fortunately the date wasn’t affected and the 1/1 feature is perfectly clear. Attractive olive brown fields contrasting golden brown devices. The surfaces are sound, showing no flaws or damage. The traditional census listing for the variety has a handful of XFs at the top, including this piece, and a few of those have been slabbed AU. Perhaps not quite as choice as the Newman sale coin, but the present piece is right up there among the other top examples, and is certainly a “keeper.” Only one graded at finer at PCGS (AU50).Ex Bowers & Merena March 2003, lot 258.
