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1787 Massachusetts Half Cent, MS64 Brown
Ryder 4-C, W-5940

1787 1/2 C Massachusetts Half Cent, R. 4-C, W-5940, R.2, MS64 Brown PCGS. This lot displays beautiful oak-brown luster with appreciable maroon and ebony tones on both sides. Just three other varieties would use Ryder 4-C's obverse and this is the sole marriage of its reverse, which demonstrates minimal strike softness along the lettering of the eagle's crest. At MS64 Brown, there are only 31 examples (five pieces at MS64+), with only 13 coins numerically finer (2/26). Housed in a Generation 3.1 green label holder.

Coin Index Numbers: (Variety PCGS# 688343, Base PCGS# 296)


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March
27th Friday 11:50 am CT
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March
26th-28th Thursday-Saturday
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28 Days 2h 26m
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