1787 MASSACHUSETTS HALF CENT -
Ryder 1-D
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Images courtesy of Superior
Galleries
Recent appearances:
NGC MS-62 Brown. Ex
– American Numismatic Rarities, LLC’s “The Classics Sale,”
July 25, 2003
, Lot 63, "Ryder 1-D,
Rarity-4", illustrated, sold for $2,760.00
PCGS AU-50 (illustrated above). Ex - Superior Galleries'
"Pre-Long Beach Sale", October 1-3, 2000, Lot 1016, where it
was described as follows: "Ryder 1-D Rarity-4 PCGS About
Uncirculated-50. Frosty chocolate brown and steel. There is a small
stain of darker olive toning at EA in WEALTH, and this area is very
slightly rough. The only other marks are a tiny void in the planchet at
the rim right of the date and a very thin fissure slanting through the H
in MASSACHUSETTS, both as struck."
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"Descriptions Of Die
Varieties" by Zelinka, The Colonial Newsletter, October 1976,
pages 559-564
Rarity ratings by Stan
Stephens (posting by at colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com,
August 30, 2004, Message 26963
Email message from Mike
Ringo, November 16, 2004
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