Massachusetts Coinage ** 2010 ANA EXHIBIT **
Copper Half Cent
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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
United States |
| Design Description: |
MASSACHUSETTS - COPPER |
| Item Description: |
1/2C 1788 MASSACHUSETTS |
| Full Grade: |
NGC MS 66 Brown |
| Owner: |
NGC EXHIBIT |
Owner Comments:
The Massachusetts half cents and cents of 1787 and 1788 comprise the first coinage issue to bear the word “cent” as established by Congress. Even though the issue was short lived, its design and style is so uniquely American in character that these coins are always popular with collectors. The obverse shows and Indian with a bow and the reverse shows an eagle, a prescient design selection that would be followed on a great many Federal issues in the years to come. The quality of this example is breathtaking, in a way that the photo does not do justice. Its color is an even chocolate hue, the only appreciably change in its appearance since it was struck. Only some as made planchet abrasion, as always seen, detracts from what is a strong contender for the title of finest known.