1787 Connecticut Copper. Miller 33.17-gg.2, W-3635. Rarity-5. Draped Bust Left, ETLIR--Double Struck, Off-Center--Fair-2, Porous.136.52 grains. This is a dramatic and intriguing blunder with olive-brown surfaces and a porous but glossy texture. The obverse is largely worn smooth, showing just a shadow of the effigy but the last three letters of AUCTORI and the first C of CONNEC remains visible. The reverse is double struck with the second strike 40% off-center to the northwest and rotated about 45 degrees counterclockwise. This second strike shows considerable detail, with the date, denticles, and diagnostic die crack to the right sharp. A few trivial rim bruises are seen on either side but these are insignificant in light of the overall aesthetic. Specialists will surely take interest in this more unconventional representative of this rare die marriage. <p>From the Cohasco Collection of Colonials formed by Sir Philip H. Snyder, circa 1963-68.
