Newly Purchased 1787 Massachusetts Cent Colonial: Opinions, Please

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whatdowehavehere Valued Member Canada 235 Posts	Posted 03/12/2021 9:59 pm Hello Everyone! I'm looking for opinions on this coin. I don't have it in hand for the weight. What do you think? Report this Post to the Staff

lcutler Pillar of the Community United States 1657 Posts	Posted 03/13/2021 04:44 am Massachusetts cents can be difficult to attribute to die variety, so in this low grade that may not be possible. If you just want an affordable example of the type, I see nothing wrong with it. I love the colonial and state coinages, so much history there! Report this Post to the Staff
whatdowehavehere Valued Member Canada 235 Posts	Posted 03/13/2021 08:44 am It's supposed to be a Ryder 3-G Report this Post to the Staff
whatdowehavehere Valued Member Canada 235 Posts	Posted 03/13/2021 11:39 am I think that it's a period, circulated Cast Counterfeit; the first of this State coinage I have ever seen. I've had cast NJ - CT - Machin's - a PCGS-certified VT that they totally missed - GII 1/2d and have seen cast FUGIOs. This one, though, is a first... Edited by whatdowehavehere 03/13/2021 11:40 am Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34397 Posts	Posted 03/13/2021 11:42 am Quote: I don't have it in hand for the weight. What do you think? I think that knowing the weight could be quite helpful. Please add that info if/when you get the coin in hand. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
whatdowehavehere Valued Member Canada 235 Posts	Posted 03/15/2021 12:28 pm It weighs appx. 140 gr, and is 30.1 mm in diameter. The edge is round and thin. It looks lrough, but it's brown and most of the roughness is from the mold. The two "center dots" have been not-quite-successfully ground down to the surface. The host coin was apparently the 1787 3-G, but there are slight changes to the arrow tips. Curiously, the middle of the shaft of the arrow and the right side of the bow on the obverse are incuse, and thus the arrow is very fat. "COMM..." looks like it was engraved into the coin, but it's just an extremely poor impression. Edited by whatdowehavehere 03/15/2021 12:51 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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