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1787 Massachusetts Half Cent Ryder 4-B R5 AU50

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1787 Massachusetts Half Cent Ryder 4-B R5 AU50
SOLD
800.00USD+ buyer's premium (160.00)
This item SOLD at 2021 Aug 29 @ 19:35UTC-5 : EST/CDT
Frosty light to medium chocolate brown with a few small puffs of lighter brown toning on both sides. Essentially smooth and the eye appeal is excellent, but a glass reveals extremely fine granularity in the fields, possibly from microscopic die rust. No marks or other defects. The mid-section of the Indian is softly struck because the shield on the eagle absorbed most of the planchet metal, as usual on this variety. A very nice example of this tough variety. Weight 71.0 grains.

Mike Packard, 2005 C-4 Sale, McCawley & Grellman Auctions 11/19/2005:253 ($1540)-George Trostel Collection