1794 Talbot, Allum & Lee Cent / John Howard Mule. Fuld Mule-5, W-8720. Rarity-4. Lettered Edge. MS-62 BN (PCGS).119.8 grains. Deep olive-brown with lighter brown undertones. Lustrous surfaces are slightly reflective with subtle violet iridescence on the obverse. A handsome piece that offers excellent quality and eye appeal for the grade. Some weakness of strike and a bit of the date is cut off as often seen on this mule as the planchets used were slightly too small and thin for the dies.PCGS# 976.From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier from our (Stacks) sale of the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, Part II, May 2004, lot 352; Lawrence R. Stack Collection, November 2006.
