“1737” (ca. 1864) Higley Copy by J.A. Bolen. Musante JAB-10. Copper. MS-65 BN (PCGS).

28.7 mm. 149.5 grains. Mottled orange red and pale blue toning over both sides. Highly lustrous and quite attractive. A peppering of tiny spots near the stag's head is suggestive of a light, ancient fingerprint, but it is not likely to be noticed without magnification. Struck from the uncanceled dies in a slightly larger and less well-finished collar that allowed the metal to expand to a larger diameter and gave the edge a less polished appearance. This also allowed for greater metal flow at the peripheries and stretching of some of the outer details, though the die states seem to be the same. Certainly of a different character overall than the pieces offered earlier in this sale, but there is still no clear indication whether Bolen or Edwards would have struck this.

From the E Pluribus Unum Collection. Earlier ex New Netherlands Coin Company; John J. Ford, Jr.; our sale of the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, Part XIV, May 2006, lot 573.