1787 NEW JERSEY COPPER -
MARIS 45-e
Rarity: Rare
Variety equivalents: Breen 906
Notes:
The obverse die of this variety was also used on:
1787 Maris 45-d
The reverse die of this
variety was also used on:
1787 Maris 46-e
1787 Maris 47-e
1787 Maris 47½-e
The top ten examples known
of this variety include the following:
EF
EF
EF (O'Donnell; Picker; Garrett)
VF+ (Hessberg)
VF+ (Stack's 1/01, Lot 142; O'Donnell; Tony Terranove; Naftzger; Stack's
10/84, Lot 291; R. Picker; JHU; JWG; THG; HP Smith sale 6/1886, Lot 440;
Dr. Maris
VF (B&M Frontenac, Lot 180)
VF
VF
VF (Bareford; Foreman)
VF+/F (B&M 3/92, Lot 1387; Henry Garrett)
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Images courtesy of Ebay
seller "numisbrittany"
Recent appearances:
F+/VG+ (illustrated above).
Ex - Ebay #804824952, sold December 12, 2002 for $688.90
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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