1787 1/2P Nova Eborac, Large Head, BN (Regular Strike)
Series: U.S. Colonial Issues
PCGS MS64BN
Obverse Comparison
PCGS MS63BN
- PCGS #:
- 484
- Designer:
- N/A
- Edge:
- N/A
- Diameter:
- N/A
- Weight:
- N/A
- Mintage:
- N/A
- Mint:
- Philadelphia
- Metal:
- Other
- Auction Record:
- $30,550 • MS63 • 01-07-2015 • Heritage Auctions
Major Varieties
- 1787 1/2P Nova Eborac, Large Head, BN
Condition Census What Is This?
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#1 MS62 estimated grade
New Netherlands, sold privately in 1/1956 - Norweb Collection - Bowers & Merena 3/1988:2676, $5,720 - Marvin Browder - Ed Milas - Stack's - Jon Hanson, sold privately on 8/8/1998 for $35,000 - Donald Groves Partrick Collection - Heritage 1/2015:5663, $30,550 |
#2 AU55 PCGS grade
F.C.C. Boyd Collection - John J. Ford, Jr. Collection - Stack's 5/2004:296, $21,850 |
| #3 AU53 PCGS grade |
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#4 AU50 estimated grade
Dr. Angus C. Black Collection - New Netherlands 12/1968:418, $650 - Donald Groves Partrick Collection - Heritage 1/2015:5664, $7,637.50 |
| #5 XF40 PCGS grade |
| #6 VF35 PCGS grade |
| #6 VF35 PCGS grade |
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#8 VF30 PCGS grade
Oak Collection - Heritage 9/2005:334, $9,200 |
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#9 VF25 PCGS grade
Heritage 5/2004:5027 - Heritage 2/2005:5021, $4,370 |
| #9 VF25 PCGS grade |
The size difference between the Large Head and the Medium Head (PCGS #478) is minor, so this nomenclature can be misleading. Side-by-side comparison is recommended (see the comparison image above). Perhaps 20 different examples of ththe Large Head exist, so it is worth confirming the attribution.
High grade examples of this variety are very rare. Only one Mint State example is known (the NGC MS63 ex-Norweb and Partrick Collection), and most of the 20 or so Large Heads are VF or worse.
Late states of this variety show cracking on the left shoulder of the obverse figure and reverse cracks through the tops of ET and above LIB and the trailing quatrefoil.