1783 Nova Constellatio Copper. Crosby 2-B, W-1865. Rarity-2. CONSTELLATIO, Pointed Rays, Small U.S. MS-62 BN (PCGS).136.4 grains. Glossy medium brown with traces of frosty luster. Both sides show excellent visual appeal and bold detail. A little area of discoloration is seen in the area between the wreath and the left side of the date, and some old encrustation remains among the leaves. The best of these is probably the Newman coin, last seen in our 2015 ANA sale as NGC MS-66 BN. Other than that, we havent offered a comparable specimen since the Ford sale almost 20 years ago. The Dittmer coin (NGC MS-65 BN) was exceptional; it brought $66,000 in May 2022. The handful of specimens similar to this one round out a potential Condition Census. <p>PCGS# 45400.From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier from Lyman Lows sale of January 1908, lot 283; Hillyer Ryder to F.C.C. Boyd; F.C.C. Boyd estate to John J. Ford, Jr.; our (Stacks) sale of the Ford Collection, Part V, October 2004, lot 35.
