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<p>[QUOTE="Jack D. Young, post: 3902304, member: 93371"]I thought I would post my only add from the Baltimore Whitman Expo to my odd collection; it was held back by a dealer friend who told me it "had my name on it"! It literally did, with a stick on with my name on the slab.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1028508[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Folks who know me know I collect low grade early large cents and "authenticity challenged coins", so why would a "1787" Connecticut Copper be for me?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1028509[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1028510[/ATTACH] </p><p>Short story, it isn't what it's "cracked up" to be; and doing a little researching late night I found it previously sold in a 2010 Heritage auction correctly identified as what it actually is.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1028511[/ATTACH]</p><p> </p><p>Since it is provenanced back to a 1954 Stacks sale I sent a note to Harvey Stack and David Bowers and received a note back from Harvey stating how cool it is to see a coin still linked back to one of his sales and suggested looking for 2 auction catalogs from then to try and further the history trail. So I have some more digging to do.</p><p><br /></p><p>One can only speculate why this example was worked over- comparing it to a genuine example I would expect the “6” to have been off the planchet as a result of the off-center strike and someone gave it their best shot at the actual date. Maybe someone was trying to make a unique variety of 1787 but regardless it is an interesting example of early copper!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1028512[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Images are courtesy of Heritage (much better than the ones I took!) along with their commentary. I also included a reverse image comparing this one with a known 1786 M 4.1-G on the right.</p><p><br /></p><p>And as far as the “cert” I notified my contact at the TPG and the on-line cert was updated...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1028513[/ATTACH] </p><p>Best, Jack.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jack D. Young, post: 3902304, member: 93371"]I thought I would post my only add from the Baltimore Whitman Expo to my odd collection; it was held back by a dealer friend who told me it "had my name on it"! It literally did, with a stick on with my name on the slab. [ATTACH=full]1028508[/ATTACH] Folks who know me know I collect low grade early large cents and "authenticity challenged coins", so why would a "1787" Connecticut Copper be for me? [ATTACH=full]1028509[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1028510[/ATTACH] Short story, it isn't what it's "cracked up" to be; and doing a little researching late night I found it previously sold in a 2010 Heritage auction correctly identified as what it actually is. [ATTACH=full]1028511[/ATTACH] Since it is provenanced back to a 1954 Stacks sale I sent a note to Harvey Stack and David Bowers and received a note back from Harvey stating how cool it is to see a coin still linked back to one of his sales and suggested looking for 2 auction catalogs from then to try and further the history trail. So I have some more digging to do. One can only speculate why this example was worked over- comparing it to a genuine example I would expect the “6” to have been off the planchet as a result of the off-center strike and someone gave it their best shot at the actual date. Maybe someone was trying to make a unique variety of 1787 but regardless it is an interesting example of early copper! [ATTACH=full]1028512[/ATTACH] Images are courtesy of Heritage (much better than the ones I took!) along with their commentary. I also included a reverse image comparing this one with a known 1786 M 4.1-G on the right. And as far as the “cert” I notified my contact at the TPG and the on-line cert was updated... [ATTACH=full]1028513[/ATTACH] Best, Jack.[/QUOTE]
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