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<p>[QUOTE="messydesk, post: 2175202, member: 1765"]Took a look at the Vlack die marriage chart for these. Looks like die pair 6-N. Here's the chart:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinImages/MA-Copper/Valck-MAcent87-8.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And here's a high-grade one from the Partrick collection that Heritage sold in January that should be more helpful for authentication.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://coins.ha.com/itm/colonials/1788-1c-massachusetts-no-period-ryder-6-n-w-6240-low-r3-ms64-brown-ngc/a/1216-5717.s" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.ha.com/itm/colonials/1788-1c-massachusetts-no-period-ryder-6-n-w-6240-low-r3-ms64-brown-ngc/a/1216-5717.s" rel="nofollow">http://coins.ha.com/itm/colonials/1788-1c-massachusetts-no-period-ryder-6-n-w-6240-low-r3-ms64-brown-ngc/a/1216-5717.s</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I'm currently of the opinion that it's genuine and would grade XF, give or take some problems. A problem-free XF should be $700-800. I'm a little concerned about the roughness on the reverse. (Note that I'm still not an expert on these, just looked at some more materials since last I posted to this thread.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="messydesk, post: 2175202, member: 1765"]Took a look at the Vlack die marriage chart for these. Looks like die pair 6-N. Here's the chart: [img]http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinImages/MA-Copper/Valck-MAcent87-8.jpg[/img] And here's a high-grade one from the Partrick collection that Heritage sold in January that should be more helpful for authentication. [url]http://coins.ha.com/itm/colonials/1788-1c-massachusetts-no-period-ryder-6-n-w-6240-low-r3-ms64-brown-ngc/a/1216-5717.s[/url] I'm currently of the opinion that it's genuine and would grade XF, give or take some problems. A problem-free XF should be $700-800. I'm a little concerned about the roughness on the reverse. (Note that I'm still not an expert on these, just looked at some more materials since last I posted to this thread.)[/QUOTE]
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