1786 New Jersey Copper. Maris 17-K, W-4865. Rarity-3. Straight Plow Beam. VF Details--Environmental Damage (PCGS). 137.8 grains. 30.4 mm. Deep gray-brown with a ground patina over well defined devices. Well struck and fairly well centered, with a crisp date and all design elements well defined. The obverse shows the die edge at lower right, with denticles encircling nearly the entire circumference. The reverse is missing a few denticles at the left side but shows a substantial unstruck area outside the denticles at right. Almost certainly overstruck, but no undertype is readily visible. Sharper than usual for this die marriage, and one of Syds earliest New Jersey acquisitions (his twelfth, if youre keeping track - he did). PCGS# 767907. From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier acquired at the Tri-County Coin Show, July 1994.
