1786 NEW JERSEY COPPER -
MARIS 8-F
Rarity: Extremely Rare
Variety equivalents: Breen
881
Notes:
This was the only use of
the obverse die.
This was the only use of
the reverse die.
According to Bill Anton,
owner of the finest known example: "This legendary coin was lacking
in the collection of F.C.C. Boyd, Louis Eliasberg, Harry Bass, Norweb
and every other great collection dating back to the beginning of coin
auction sales over the past 125 years. It is lacking in all 140
private New Jersey copper cent collections presently in existence, and
is absent also from the holdings of the American Numismatic Society, the
American Numismatic Association, and even the National Collection of the
Smithsonian Institution. Indeed, this great coin was even lacking
from the 1914 American Numismatic Society Conference Exhibition display
which involved more than 32 of America's most important numismatists
displaying their most important treasures. And, yes, for most of
the modern collecting era, this great coin has been the Red Book plate
coin."
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Images courtesy of Stack's
Known examples:
"EF".
Mickley:2476 - Bushnell:920
- Mill: 379 - Parmelee:372 - Ten Eyck:762 - Newcomer:2948 - Ellsworth -
John Work Garrett:1393,
"...116.4 grains...", sold for $52,000.00 - Bill Anton, offered
on the December 2004 issue of NUMISMATIST in a full page ad at an
undisclosed price
"VF+" (illustrated
above). Ex -
English museum - Roper, Lot 299, illustrated, "...125.8
grains...", sold for $41,800
James Goudge, 127.5 grains.
Other examples exist
Sources and/or recommended reading:
"Walter Breen's Complete
Encyclopedia Of U.S. And Colonial Coins" by Walter Breen
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