A little change up - 1788 Mass. 1/2C

halfcentman · February 20, 2011 10:32AM

A really neat one with a planchet clip.

Bochiman · February 20, 2011 10:33AM

I hope you bought it at a discount since it has some copper missing

NewEnglandRarities · February 20, 2011 10:34AM

Thats pretty cool. Errors of any kind are very scarce on MA copper pieces.

avenue7 · February 20, 2011 11:27AM

Cool looking coin!

ambro51 · February 20, 2011 11:34AM

Just a classy coin, all the way around.

notwilight · February 20, 2011 11:35AM

<< <i>Thats pretty cool. Errors of any kind are very scarce on MA copper pieces. >>

Really? I didn't know that. So they have higher standards than the US mint did in the decades that followed? --jerry

NewEnglandRarities · February 20, 2011 1:23PM

In general for colonials, errors on MA copper are far scarcer than other state coinage. I have only seen a few major errors in the series, and a handful of clipped planchets. It is interesting that at that time period, normally they were concerned with how many coins they could pump out in a day, not with how they looked. Apparently Massachusetts coin makers used a different standard. Of course it is possible that the errors just did not survive over the years...

johnny9434 · February 21, 2011 4:12AM

wow, thats in decent shape as well. nice pick up

sumnom · February 21, 2011 4:19AM

A thing of beauty, I say!

A little change up - 1788 Mass. 1/2C

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