1776 (ca. 1867) Washington / Libertas Americana Muling. By John Adams Bolen. Musante JAB M-4, Musante GW-798, Baker-56A. Copper. Marked "B 5" on Edge. MS-65 BN (PCGS).25.4 mm. 159.3 grains. Generous rich orange-red remains on the obverse while gentle deep blue and violet mottling creeps inward from the leftmost rim. The reverse is deeply and vibrantly toned with intense blue, violet, green, gold and orange mottling. Prooflike, especially so on the Libertas side. Boldly struck on a thick flan with superb detail and sharp rims. Just a single tiny spot is noted in the field. Very rare. Musante gives the mintage as six in silver, five in copper, and unspecified others by Kline. The latter includes those in the Bushnell-Baker set, a foursome in silver, copper, brass and white metal. The information of six struck in silver comes directly from the 1868 AJN listing, while the five in copper comes from the edge of this piece, Bolens reference specimen.From the Martin Logies Collection. Earlier ex personal reference collection of John Adams Bolen; our sale of the E Pluribus Unum Collection, Part III, November 2021 Baltimore Auction, lot 10253.
