Undated (1860s) Bar Copper. Bolen Copy. Musante JAB-2, Kenney-1, W-14200. Copper MS-63 BN (PCGS).Hard, tight, satiny surfaces exhibit marbled autumn and medium brown patina on the obverse, bolder copper-rose toning on the reverse. All design elements are fully defined, both sides with approximately 70% of the denticulation present around the borders. This is one of the most famous struck copies of a colonial or early federal era type, the mintage limited at 65 pieces, many of which may have been destroyed per this comment in W.E. Woodwards sale of April 28 to May 1, 1863: "U.S.A. or Bar Cent, from the Bolen die, in copper; the die and most of the impressions having been destroyed, these pieces are now rarer than the originals." Popular and eagerly sought.
