1776 Machins Mills Halfpenny. Vlack 6-76A, W-7790. Rarity-4. GEORGIVS III, Group I, Large Date. EF Details--Environmental Damage (PCGS). Handsome mahogany-brown patina with deeper charcoal-russet outlining many of the design elements. The latter is associated with some ancient surface roughness that explains the PCGS qualifier. Struck trivially off center to 12 oclock on the obverse, the reverse is better centered, and both sides retain bold detail to all major features. The strike is appreciably soft only in the centers, where some original planchet roughness is seen, more so on the obverse. An above average specimen of one of the few collectable colonial coins bearing the magical 1776 date. PCGS# 460. From the Harold Hauser Collection. Collector envelope with attribution notation included.
