1787 New Jersey copper. Maris 56-n. Rarity-1. Camel Head. Overstruck on 1772 Machin’s Mills halfpenny, V. 5-72A. AU Detail, Scratch (PCGS).116.6 grains. Even deep olive with good gloss despite finely granular surfaces. Some raised multicolor scale is apparent on the reverse, mostly concentrated outside the lower left of the shield. A single long old scratch crosses from the rim near 3:00 to below the plow. Little worn and exceptionally well detailed, this piece likely went into the ground while George Washington still had some of his teeth. The undertype is a Machin’s Mills halfpenny, with ITAN of BRITANNIA visible at the lower right obverse and GIVS seen at UM of UNUM, clear enough that the positional relationships allow for attribution of the undertype. The counterfeit halfpence made by Thomas Machin in Newburgh, New York are a fairly frequently encountered host type beneath these dies.From the E Pluribus Unum Collection of New Jersey Coppers.