1787 Massachusetts Cent. Ryder 3-G, W-6090. Rarity-2. Arrows in Left Talon. AU-55 (PCGS). 156.7 grains. Dark olive-brown in color on both sides with a faint trace of iridescent blue visible in the fields. The surfaces are mostly smooth and hard, showing just microgranularity. Obverse rim ragged at lower right, mirrored on the reverse at the upper right due to a planchet cutter depression there. There are very subtle traces of faded mint color within the letters MM on the obverse. PCGS# 302. NGC ID: 2B25. Ex Wayte Raymonds sale of the Ellsworth Collection, April 1923, lot number not recorded; Hillyer C. Ryder; F.C.C. Boyd; John J. Ford, Jr.; our (Stacks) sale of the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, Part V, October 2004, lot 95. Stacks lot tag, Ryder ticket, Boyd envelope and additional collector envelope with attribution and provenance notes included.
