1787 New Jersey copper. Maris 33-U. Rarity-4. Outlined Shield. F-15 (PCGS).138.4 grains. A final fascinating example of this variety, struck from a late state of the obverse and a reverse state more often associated with the Maris 15-U marriage. Light brown with golden overtones and some scattered pitting, light on the obverse but more consequential on the reverse. The obverse is badly broken from the horse’s mane into the left field below N, but the break doesn’t quite reach the plow handles. The internal break in the shield is larger than seen on the previous coin. This is not the terminal state, but is early in the obverse state Siboni, Howes and Ish describe as Die State 3 and congruent to their reverse Die State 2. The second Maris-Garrett coin, illustrated in their book, is of roughly the same die state.From the E Pluribus Unum Collection of New Jersey Coppers.
