1785 Nova Constellatio Copper. Crosby 3-B, W-1895. Rarity-2. CONSTELLATIO, Pointed Rays. AU-58+ (PCGS). Frosty olive-brown with faded rose-orange luster persisting in the protected areas around and among some of the design elements. The reverse is mounted up in the PCGS holder, and it is drawn to 7 oclock with the digits 17 in the date tight to the border and the tops of the letters LIB off the flan. The obverse is off center to 6:30, affecting the tops of the letters OVA in NOVA. Otherwise we note impressively full striking detail, the obverse in its typical heavily rusted die state. Expertly preserved, this is a very attractive Nova Constellatio copper, one of the only relatively easily completable series in the field of Colonial coins. PCGS# 813.
