Pos	Grade	Pedigree and History
1	AU55 PCGS grade
2	AU53 PCGS grade	John J. Ford, Jr. Collection - Stack's 5/2004:309, $40,250
2	AU53 PCGS grade	John J. Ford, Jr. Collection - Stack's 1/2004:308, $25,300
4	AU50 PCGS grade
4	AU50 PCGS grade
6	XF45 PCGS grade
6	XF45 PCGS grade
6	XF45 PCGS grade
9	XF40 PCGS grade
10	VF35 PCGS grade

#1 AU55 PCGS grade

#2 AU53 PCGS grade

John J. Ford, Jr. Collection - Stack's 5/2004:309, $40,250

#2 AU53 PCGS grade

John J. Ford, Jr. Collection - Stack's 1/2004:308, $25,300

#4 AU50 PCGS grade

#6 XF45 PCGS grade

#9 XF40 PCGS grade

#10 VF35 PCGS grade

Ron Guth:

One of the more famous and popular New York issues is the Excelsior Copper with the arms of New York on the obverse and a heraldic eagle on the reverse. On the front of the coin a smaller eagle is perched atop a small globe. On one variety, the eagle's head is turned right; on this one, the head is turned left. The two varieties appear to be of similar rarity, though the "Eagle Left" variety is encountered more frequently.

Though a rare variety, a surprising number of examples exist in high circulated grades. No Mint State examples are known, and the best appears to be a PCGS AU55 or the Garrett:599 example (they may be one and the same).