Undated Auctori Plebis Token. Breen-1153, Atkins-unlisted, Cobwright-unlisted, Rock AP5-Blank. Rarity-7. Uniface Obverse, No Ornaments. VF-25 (PCGS).

94.0 grains. Light chocolate brown and featuring trouble-free wear, a single diagonal mark is at effigy's cheek. Of all the evasion halfpence with the AUCTORI PLEBIS legend, this is the boldest and most well struck. The legends as well as the right-facing imitation of a bust of George III are more fully detailed in the die than any of the other variants, though the profile is indistinct and may not have been fully rendered in the die itself. Breen-1153 is another of the rare Auctori Plebis evasion coppers, of which we have offered only two examples in recent decades: the E Pluribus Unum EF-40 in 2020, and a piece graded NGC VF-35 that was misidentified as Breen-1152.

PCGS# 826973. NGC ID: AUB8.

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From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier ex Michael K. Ringo at the C4 Convention, November 2005.