1739 Higley Copper, Broad Axe, VF25 PCGS Secure. Breen-244, Freidus 3.3-D, W-8285....

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1739 Higley Copper, VF25
The Brand-Roper Coin
Freidus 3.3-D, Seven Known

1739 Higley Copper, Broad Axe, VF25 PCGS Secure. Breen-244, Freidus 3.3-D, W-8285. 132.1 grains. Ex: Roper. Obverse Type 3. A deer with the legend VALUE ME AS YOU PLEASE and the Roman numeral III below the deer. Reverse Type D. A broad axe with the legend J CUT MY WAY THROUGH 1739. Both sides of this light olive and golden-tan copper show parallel file marks that are almost certainly adjustment marks, as made. The Stack's cataloger in 1973 wrote: "It is sharply struck on a nice smooth planchet that had evidently been adjusted before striking." We agree with that conclusion, although adjustment of copper planchets in later years was highly unusual. The strike in the unaffected areas on both sides is sharp, but shows weakness and thinning of the flan in those sections where the file marks are located. That striking pattern is consistent with federal silver and gold coins showing adjustment marks. For date collectors who seek one 1737, one undated, and one 1739, the present issue will pose a challenge. The Daniel Freidus Census of 63 Higley coppers reveals that 33 known examples are dated 1737, 18 are undated, and only 12 are dated 1739. Three of the 12 1739-dated Higley coppers are held in museum collections, leaving just nine others for collectors.
Ex: Virgil M. Brand Collection; Stack's (6/1973), lot 831; John L. Roper 2nd Collection (Stack's, 12/1983), lot 153; Donald Groves Partrick (Heritage, 1/2005), lot 5636 as VF25 NGC.

Coin Index Numbers: (NGC ID# AUAZ, PCGS# 219, Greysheet# 56)

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