1787 New Jersey copper. Maris 58-n. Rarity-5-. Camel Head. Overstruck on 1787 Connecticut copper. Double Struck, Second Strike Partial Obverse Brockage. VF-20 (PCGS).109.9 grains. An extraordinary coin, with an extra horsehead about 50% off center in the upper right of the obverse, a brockage strike of the New Jersey obverse’s plow handles far off-center on the right side of the obverse, and a well-detailed Connecticut host underlying it all. The surfaces are light brown, smooth, and glossy, and the entire coin is utterly free of post-striking flaws. The first and dominant obverse strike is notably off-center to 2:00, with broad denticles and an arc of unstruck copper around the bottom left. The obverse shows the vertical crack, making this Die State 3. CON from the Connecticut host coin is visible at the ends of the plow handles of the initial dominant strike. On the reverse, the sprig hand appears in the upper right of the shield, and the elbow of the seated figure is visible at the shield’s lower left border. A complete 1787 date from the Connecticut exergue is bold above LUR of PLURIBUS.<p>This complex and eye-catching error is desirable for its distinctiveness and rarity, but it is also a superlative and choice example of this elusive variety.From the E Pluribus Unum Collection of New Jersey Coppers.
