1787 Connecticut Copper. Miller 25-b, W-3100. Rarity-3. Draped Bust Left. EF-40 (PCGS).147.9 grains. Deep golden-tan surfaces with lively rose and blue iridescence, a sure sign of copper recovering from a long-ago cleaning; the cleaning was not harsh or detrimental in the least. Finely centered overall with the obverse rim just to the tops of ORI, the reverse rim just to the bottom of the date numerals. A pleasing coin in-hand and essentially mark free to the unassisted eye save for a tiny fissure at Libertys neckline.From our (Bowers and Merenas) sale of the Norweb Collection, March 1988, part of lot 2512; our sale of Collection SLT, January 2012, lot 7182.
