1787 Fugio Copper. Pointed Rays. Newman 15-K, W-6900. Rarity-6. STATES UNITED, 4 Cinquefoils. VF Details--Cleaning (PCGS). 136.8 grains. With nice VF sharpness, but rose and brown toning recovering from an old cleaning. A little granular at the peripheries, comically reengraved on the sunface, thin hairline scratch below the letter G in FUGIO. Struck from the heavily clashed state of the dies. A sharp example of an elusive variety despite its limitations. From Early American Numismatic Auctions sale of July 1994, lot 1295; our sale of the Robert Ayers Collection, August 2013 Chicago ANA Auction, lot 1376. EAN lot tag included.
