Machin's Mills Halfpenny
1788 Machin's Mills Halfpenny. Vlack 23-88A, W-8100. Rarity-2. GEORGIVS III, Group III. EF-45 (PCGS).
121.6 grains. Varying shades of darker brown in the slightly textured fields, while the central devices and legends are worn to a contrasting, lighter brown hue. Well-centered if a bit tight on the reverse, the obverse is not wide enough to accommodate the fullness of the legends, the very tops of GEORGIVS merging with the beveled rims in that area. Die states even more advanced than on the AU-58 also in this collection, fields showing advanced wear and spalling but no signs of abject failure; signs of die clashing have now naturally softened and are fading from the die face around George's head. An attractive, high end survivor of the sole 1788-dated die marriage of Machin's Mills halfpenny.
PCGS# 472 and #826967.
From the E Pluribus Unum Collection.
Estimate: $600