1788 New Jersey Copper. Maris 51-g, W-5480. Rarity-5+. Head Left. VF-20 (PCGS). 136.7 grains. Attractive autumn-brown patina to both sides, the surfaces retaining the sharpest detail in and around the centers. The lower obverse and upper reverse peripheries are the softest areas, the former with barely discernible detail to one or two of the digits in the date. A bit rough overall, yet free of singularly mentionable marks or flan flaws. The obverse shows the usually found diagonal bisector crack from the second letter A in CAESAREA to the end of the plow bar, DS 2. This isnt Condition Census caliber, but it is sharper overall than this scarce variety usually comes. From the Norman G. Peters Collection.
