1787 New Jersey Copper. Maris 27-S, W-5055. Rarity-5-. Small Planchet, Plain Shield. VF-25 (PCGS). 149.5 grains. 28.1 mm. Reverse aligned roughly 20° clockwise of proper coin turn. An appealing example of this challenging variety, made rare by a die failure that also keeps even the nicest specimens from showing much detail. Light brown with some deeper mahogany toning on both sides. The obverse shows the usual shallow strike, insufficient to obliterate the planchet texture that manifests as light fissures at central and right obverse. The reverse is fairly even, smooth, and glossy, with just some small areas of trivial surface granularity. The centering is good on both sides. A few little rim nicks are seen, including two near the plow blade and two more above the first U of PLURIBUS. The die state is early, Die State 1, with the diagonal crack through the knobbed ends of the plowhandles and just the merest suggestion of the horizontal break between NO of NOVA. The horsehead is complete, a notable contrast to later states of the obverse failure where little of the central device remains. A highly collectible specimen, not fine enough to make the SHI Census (which extends from a single AU to two VF+ coins in fifth and sixth positions), but certainly better and more detailed than most. PCGS# 767894. From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier, ex William T. Anton, Jr. Collection; Dennis Wierzba Collection; Mike Wierzba, November 2006.
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