1787 New Jersey Copper. Maris 56-n, W-5310. Rarity-1. Camel Head—Overstruck on a 1785 Connecticut Copper, Miller 2-A.4—EF-40 (PCGS).121.2 grains. Light golden brown, smoothly worn and choice, this problem-free example would make an ideal representative of the die marriage or Camel Head type, but it is so much more. Struck over a 1785-dated, fully attributable Connecticut copper, Miller 2-A.4, it is one of only two documented examples of Maris 56-n over 1785-dated Connecticut coppers in Mossman’s Appendix 2 (including his updated listings in his 2 errata published in CNL); another is over a 1785 4.4-C, offered elsewhere in this auction as part of the E Pluribus Unum Collection of NJ Coppers. The Connecticut copper is oriented a nearly perfect 90-degree rotation relative to the NJ copper, and its 1785 date is clearly and boldly visible to the left of the shield on the reverse. A finer and rarer representative of a Camel Head on a Connecticut host would be hard to locate.From the Robert M. Martin Collection. Ex Stack’s Sale of the Edward Hessberg Collection, June 20, 1991, lot 1321.
