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1787 COPPER New York Excelsior Copper, Indian and New

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:8,500.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 2.00 USD
1787 COPPER New York Excelsior Copper, Indian and New
<B>1787 COPPER New York Excelsior Copper, Indian and New York Arms--Holed, Scratched--NCS. Fine Details.</B></I> Indian & N.Y. Arms. Crosby VIII-6. Breen 990. 148.2 grains. Low R.7, about a dozen pieces known. One of the rare patterns for a New York coinage. Nicely defined, and the legends are close to full. However, the coin has been holed, as if for suspension to display the New York state seal on the reverse. The reverse has decent surfaces for the grade, but the lightly burnished obverse has a few tiny patches of verdigris and the right field has been scratched. Nonetheless, this is a desirable specimen of this very rare and important coin. Struck by a private mint operated by John Bailey and Ephraim Brasher, of Brasher doubloon fame. Listed on page 63 of the 2007 Guide Book.<BR><I>Ex: Stickney Collection (Henry Chapman, 6/07), lot 240; New Netherlands (11/56), lot 772; Oechsner Collection (Stack's, 9/88), lot 1234, which realized $1,900; Boyd, Ryder, Brand Sale (Bowers and Merena, 3/90), lot 1127, which realized $2,800; FUN Signature (Heritage, 1/02), lot 5103, which realized $5,635.</B></I><BR><I>From The Jones Beach Collection.</B></I><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Coin/Currency (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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