1787 NEW JERSEY COPPER -
MARIS 44-d
Rarity: Very Scarce
Variety equivalents: Breen 906
Notes:
The obverse die of this variety was also used on:
1787 Maris 44-c.1
The reverse die of this
variety was also used on:
1786 Maris 16-d
1786 Maris 26-d
1787 Maris 43-d
1787 Maris 45-d
The top ten examples known
of this variety include the following:
EF (O'Donnell; Picker; Maris)
EF (Bareford; Spiro)
EF (Taylor)
EF (4th C-4)
EF
EF (Griffee, Lot 73; Stack's 3/94, Lot 347; B&M 3/92, Lot 1383; H.
Garrett)
EF
EF
EF (New Jersey Historical Society; Frederick Canfield)
VF+
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Images courtesy of Clem Schettino
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"Walter Breen's Complete
Encyclopedia Of U.S. And Colonial Coins" by Walter Breen
"New Jersey Coppers,
Part 56: Maris 39-a, 43-Y, 43-d, 45-e and 46-e" by Ray Williams,
PENNY-WISE, May 2002
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