US Pre-Federals - A Selection of New Arrivals

Pictured are several unattributed Pre-Federal coins that arrived in the last week:

1. 1787 Massachusetts Cent - Very Good
2. 1788 Massachusetts Cent - ab. AG-3
3. 1788 Massachusetts Cent - Fine
4. 1787 Connecticut Copper - Fine

All of the Massachusetts specimens are raw. The Connecticut specimen is NCS slabbed. I have not had time yet to attribute any of them.

I believe that the better two of the three Massachusetts specimens have retained nice coloring, and though are a bit smoothed, have retained a good portion of detail. The third Massachusetts specimen (#2), which I attained for $30 and is rather 'beat-up', I theorize was exposed to an iron-rich environment.

Though I already have a multitude of Connecticut specimens, I obtained this one on the 'cheap' for $40. Both the 'AG' Massachusetts and the Connecticut were acquired from the same source.

Any comments and thoughts about it are appreciated and welcomed!

Thanks, kindly

CheetahCats

 

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I like the 1st & 3rd,very nice detail,nice color.their my type. I will eventually get to those types of series collecting wise,but research is the key,and my hands are a bit too full right now.Nice buys

 

Thanks. Yeah the 2nd is in bad shape. The 4th looks better in hand; the photo looks like someone took a 40-grit belt sander to slab surface.

 

Great coins CC!

 

Except for the second coin it appears that none of them might have been intentionally abused in the past, which is quite scarce in itself.

 

Update.... I have attributed the first and third specimens.

The 1787 VG Massachusetts Cent is a Ryder 3-G, W-6090, URS-10.
The 1788 Fine Massachusetts Cent is a Ryder 10-L, W-6280, URS-11.

 

hey cheetahcats how much would one of those mass cents or half cent cost in like xf? i have one in good and my nephew calls them pickle pants coins lol =)

 

I really like the first one.

 

Pickle pants?? lol... trying to figure out the association?!?

Red Book shows several at $1100 - $1200. That said, in my opinion list prices don't necessarily fit reality.

 

You are looking at coins that will be in excess of $1,000 each and you should attempt to purchase pieces with choice planchets and good design details.

I hope CheetahCats doesn't mind my posting an image of one of my pre-Feds in his thread, but here is an example of what an EF40 MA half-cent can look like-

 

Don't mind at all! It's a great specimen! Thanks for sharing :thumb:

 

Way to go Massachusetts!. Lovely copper toning too.

 

Geez Tom ... that would look so good sitting in my box o' coins . Ex CRO ?

 

Nice - I like all of them. The first is my favorite, but I do like all 4.

 

Howdy, Fletcher. Yes, ex-CRO from 2007 if I recall correctly.:smile

 

I too like the first and third the best.
But then if your gonna spend a grand...wow Tom's is cool.

 

I have finally gotten around to attributing the Connecticut specimen. It is a Miller 37.5-e, W-4125, URS-8.