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Lot 1 - (1688) Holt's Am Plant 1/24RL N-4E Breen-78 PCGS AU55

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Lot 1 - (1688) Holt's Am Plant 1/24RL N-4E Breen-78 PCGS AU55
(1688) Holt's American Plantation Token. Newman 4-E. Breen-78. Frosty light silvery gray with darker medium gray toning on the highpoints. Lusterous bright silver shows in the protected areas. There is no wear or contact marks, but shallow corrosion covers the lower right part of the reverse severely weakening the word "REAL" in the legend. Otherwise there are only a few very small patches of light "tin pest" affecting the planchet. This die combination was used to strike originals circa 1688 but also was used to produce some of the restrikes made in the early 1800's. (Most of the restrikes are from the more common Newman 5-D die combination displaying a strong obverse die crack before the horse.) It is not possible to differentiate with perfect certainty between the original and restrike examples of Newman 4-E, but the high grade of this piece suggests it may be one of the restrikes. (#49)