1776 Machins Mills Halfpenny. Vlack 6-76A, W-7790. Rarity-4. GEORGIVS III, Group I, Large Date. EF-45 (PCGS). Plenty of good gloss is evident on both sides of this predominantly smooth, satiny example. Indeed, we note only a few trivial handling marks, none of which are worthy of individual attention, while light roughness and pitting in the centers is natural to the planchet. The impression on both sides is tight to the upper borders with no denticulation seen in those areas. Regarding the major design elements, however, all are present, and most are bold apart from typical softness through the centers. An even endowment of rich copper-brown patina rounds out an impressive list of physical attributes and further confirms this as a superior specimen of one of the few collectable colonial coins bearing the magical 1776 date. The Condition Census for the Vlack 6-76A attribution listed in the 2020 edition of the <em>Whitman Encyclopedia</em> ranges from EF-45 to MS-60.
