1787 NJ 1/2P Serpent Head Half Penny
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This 1787 New Jersey copper is the Serpent Head, with a long, curved neck. An act of June 1, 1786 let Walter Mould, Albion Cox and Thomas Goadsby strike 10,000 pounds in coppers for New Jersey, at fifteen to the shilling and six pennyweight six grains each, with marks chosen by the justices of the state Supreme Court. The coins show a horse's head above a plow with NOVA CAESAREA and the date, and a shield with E PLURIBUS UNUM. Edward Maris numbered the dies in 1881, obverses by number and reverses by letter. Maris describes obverse 54 as having an extraordinarily long, curved neck; CoinWeek reports that many specialists take Maris 54-k, often on a light planchet, for a contemporary counterfeit. Catalogue numbers: Maris 54-k. PCGS number 518.
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Maris 54-k
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