1785 Nova Constellatio Copper. Crosby 2-A, W-1885. Rarity-4+. CONSTELLATIO, Pointed Rays, Small, Close Date. Extremely Fine, Granular. 118.21 grains. Well defined and actually quite sharp overall, mentionable softness is confined to the eye at obverse center - similar to the pattern of strike seen on the Bowers-Whitman <em>Encyclopedia</em> plate coin. There is some good gloss to generally golden and olive-brown surfaces, which are free of mentionable marks. Our qualifier concerns an arc of both lighter and darker colors along the right obverse border, the latter associated with noticeable surface roughness. Pleasing in hand, nonetheless, and a more than respectable example of this scarcer die pairing of the date. PCGS# 823. NGC ID: 2AZ4. Collector envelope included.
