EAC2025

EARLY CENTS AUCTIONS

 OVERSTRUCK ON 1787 CONNECTICUT

yes LOT 10

1787 New Jersey Maris 56-n R1+ “Camel Head” F15 . Sharpness at least 10 points better but covered with fine granularity and there is an obvious planchet fissure at the end of the plow handles. Glossy medium olive brown with slightly lighter steel brown on the highpoints. Struck over a 1787 Connecticut copper. CONNE is clearly visible on the right side of the obverse and the 1787 date from the Connecticut is visible at the lower right of the shield. Struck slightly off center to K-7.5. Weight 121.3 grains.

1788 Ryder 1-B Massachusetts Half Cent EF40 . XF/AU sharpness but lightly cleaned long ago and now medium olive brown and steel with underlying brick red. There are some faint hairline scratches at the eagle’s left wing. Glossy, smooth surfaces. V-LDS, placnet raised at the rim, possibly the discover coin for the die state. Comes with a nice provenance. 81.3 grains. Ex; Virgil Brand - New Netherlands Coin Co 4/1953 - Schonwalter Collection Stack’s 1/2003:1035 - Lawrence R. Stack Collection 11/2006 - Sydney F. Martin Collection

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(1795) British Halfpenny Token (Political, Tom Tackle) EF40 . Frosty brown with very little wear but softly struck in the centers. A piece that highlights the unfair treatment of returning soldiers who fought bravely for the Crown. Weight 108.1 grains.

1776 French Silver Jeton AU50 . Frosty silver with overtones of light bluish steel. Louis XVI on the obverse; bees and sun on the reverse. Weight 118.1 grains.

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1795 Talbot Allum & Lee Cent, Breen-1035, PCGS graded MS63 Brown . Glossy brown and chocolate with 20% of the reverse showing mint red. Sharply struck and the only defect is a patch of fine roughness and verdigris over RCE in COMMERCE. Our grade is net AU58. (The back of the holder is badly scuffed.) 640.63/21437600

Ex Heritage Auctions #1139:25 (lot ticket included)

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