(ca. 19th century) Bar Copper Struck Copy. Copper. Unlisted. AU-58+.

24.9 mm. Plain edge. From the so-called "bastard dies," like the Ringo specimen, lot 6092 in our 2011 Americana sale, the previous example in silver, and others we've sold through the years. This example is better made than most, with smooth and lustrous even brown surfaces. To the uninitiated, this is a fairly dangerous piece.

From the E Pluribus Unum Collection. Earlier from our (Stack's) sale of the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, Part XIV, May 2006, part of lot 675.