1786 Connecticut Copper. Miller 5.5-M, W-2595. Rarity-3. Mailed Bust Left. EF Details--Environmental Damage (PCGS).126.8 grains. Pleasing dark chocolate brown with hard glossy surfaces save for a patch of gentle roughness at the effigys forehead and a large discolored and porous area on the reverse. Still offering very nice detail, good centering and a full date. One of Augusts early purchases, but one that he never sold off as a duplicate despite acquiring two others.PCGS# 686354. BASE PCGS# 331. NGC ID: 2B2G.From the Richard August Collection. Earlier from Hathaway and Bowers Rare Coins, Vol. 3, No. 7, September 1970.
