1791 Washington Liverpool Halfpenny. Musante GW-19, Baker-17, W-10650.

1791 Washington Liverpool Halfpenny. Musante GW-19, Baker-17, W-10650. Copper. Lettered Edge. EF-45 (PCGS). Edge lettered PAYABLE IN ANGLESEY LONDON OR LIVERPOOL. Rich blended chestnut and steel-brown, faintly microgranular in places, but presenting as smooth in-hand due to a lack of sizeable marks. Adequate strike for this challenging issue, usual softness in Washington's hair and in the ship's hull directly opposite, letters in WASHINGTON running off flan along the left obverse border. Estimates suggest that perhaps only 25 of these exist, and they were clearly circulated to some degree. This has long been noted a rarity among the more available Washington Guide Book types. As related in our November 2019 sale, the writer of the 1890 R. Coulton Davis Collection sale stated that just four were known at the time. Provenance: From the Emerald Coast Collection. PCGS# 698. NGC ID: 2B7H. Click here for certification details from PCGS.

Estimate:£0.74

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