1785 Nova Constellatio Copper. Crosby 4-D, W-1910. Rarity-4+. CONSTELLATIO, Pointed Rays, Large Date. Obverse Counterstamped S. DROWNE Incuse Within an Incuse Rectangle. VG Details--Damage (PCGS).
111.4 grains. The counterstamp is for Portsmouth, New Hampshire silversmith Samuel Drowne, II (1749-1815), and is known on silverware. An example of this mark is pictured on page 142 in the 1980 reference Marks of American Silversmiths in the Ineson-Bissell Collection by Louise Conway Belden.
PCGS# 45406. BASE PCGS# 813. NGC ID: 2AZ3.
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From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier ex our (Bowers and Merena's) Chris Schenkel Collection sale, November 1990, lot 4121; Mike Wierzba, August 17, 2011.

Estimate: $375