1786 New Jersey copper. Maris 21-N. Rarity-3. Wide Shield. EF-45+ (PCGS).154.4 grains. If this coin was a little better centered, we wouldn’t have an issue calling it perfect. The surfaces are an ideal frosty medium brown, smooth and lovely, positively immaculate on both sides. The strike is sharp on both sides, with enough detail that if someone called this AU we wouldn’t disown them. The obverse is aligned to 7:00, with a visible die edge at the opposite side, upper right. A thin fissure arc, a relic of the planchet cutting process, is present at the date, and another is seen above BUS of PLURIBUS. The die state, much like this coin’s appearance, is perfect. This piece seems at least as nice as the Roper coin, ranked fifth in the SHI Condition Census and first among the five EFs that comprise the bottom of the nine-coin census. That coin was last sold in our March 2017 offering of the Dr. Gordon Shaw Collection, graded EF-40 (PCGS). The ninth-ranked piece in the Condition Census, the Martin duplicate (earlier the Boyd-Ford duplicate), was graded AU Details, Cleaned (PCGS) when we sold it in November 2017. Syd Martin’s Gem, a discovery from France several years ago, is far and away the best of these. Anton’s Uncirculated from Garrett, Siboni’s coin from O’Donnell, and the Ford-Patrick coin complete the top four. If this isn’t Condition Census, we will eat our proverbial hat.From the E Pluribus Unum Collection of New Jersey Coppers.
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