1787 NJ 1/2P Camel Head, BN (Regular Strike)
Series: U.S. Colonial Issues
PCGS MS62BN
PCGS AU55BN
PCGS AU55BN
- PCGS #:
- 515
- Designer:
- N/A
- Edge:
- N/A
- Diameter:
- N/A
- Weight:
- N/A
- Mintage:
- N/A
- Mint:
- Philadelphia
- Metal:
- Other
- Auction Record:
- $21,738 • F12BN • 03-29-2017 • Stack's Bowers
Major Varieties
- 1787 NJ 1/2P Outlined Shield, BN
- 1787 NJ 1/2P Outlined Shield, BN
- 1787 NJ 1/2P Small Plan, Plain Shield, BN
- 1787 NJ 1/2P Sm Plan, Plain Shield, RB
- 1787 NJ 1/2P Large Plan, Plain Shield, BN
- 1787 NJ 1/2P Large Plan, Plain Shield, RB
- 1787 NJ 1/2P PLURIBS, BN
- 1787 NJ 1/2P 2nd U over S in Pluribus, BN
- 1787 NJ 1/2P PLURIRUS, BN
- 1787 NJ 1/2P Camel Head, BN
- 1787 NJ 1/2P 1787/1887, BN
- 1787 NJ 1/2P Serpent Head, BN
- 1787 NJ 1/2P WM Above Plow, BN
- 1787 NJ 1/2P Deer Head, BN
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Condition Census What Is This?
| #1 MS62BN PCGS grade |
| #1 MS62BN PCGS grade |
| #3 AU58 PCGS grade |
| #3 AU58 PCGS grade |
| #3 AU58 estimated grade |
#6 AU55 PCGS grade
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#6 AU55 PCGS grade
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| #6 AU55 PCGS grade |
| #6 AU55 PCGS grade |
| #6 AU55 PCGS grade |
Ron Guth:
This variety derived its name from the horse's oversized snout. Three obverse dies qualify as the "Camel Head" variety: Maris 56, 57, and 58. All three obverses are combined with the same reverse - Maris n.
Early states of this variety show a perfect reverse. Later states of the reverse show light cracks running from the rim just below the E to the shield and another above the first U of PLURIBUS from the rim to the upper left tip of the shield. Many of this variety were struck over Connecticut Coppers, Vermont Coppers (including a 1788 Ryder 16), and English Halfpennies.