1787 New Jersey Copper Whatsit. Made from Maris 63-s. About As Made.
113.6 grains. 30.2 mm. Illustrated on page 551 of the Siboni-Howes-Ish book in Appendix A, entitled "New Jersey 'Whatsits,'" this piece on the left side of the fourth row from top. A handsome Large Planchet Whatsit with a stout and bored looking horse who looks more eel than equine. Nice medium mahogany brown with a smooth and fully worked obverse. The reverse is smoothed but largely left alone, with just some outlining and light reengraving accomplished at UNUM. The engraving work is familiar, seemingly from the same hand as others here and so many other Whatsits seen. As with the previous lots, this is accompanied by an envelope with the imprint of New Netherlands Coin Company and a pencil note reading ALTERATION are in the hand of John Ford.
From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier ex New Netherlands Coin Company; John J. Ford, Jr.; Lawrence R. Stack Collection, November 2006.