1787 Connecticut Copper. Miller 33.39-Z.13, W-3950. Rarity-7. Draped Bust Left. Fine-12.114.8 grains. Offered is a pleasing, mostly orange-brown example of this highly elusive variety. Swirls of crimson red and flint gray are scattered about, mostly on the reverse. The strike is slightly off center to the lower left obverse and upper right reverse, although the only devices affected are the top of Libertys head, the following cinquefoil, the top of the pole, and the letters ET. Light pitting is seen on both sides, a minor obverse flan flaw at the forehead, another more prominent planchet flaw on the reverse at the letter T. The Perkins cataloger knew of only six examples of this rare variety as of our (Stacks) January 2000 sale, Perkins:428 the finest known in Choice VF. The present example is likely the discovery coin for the variety, which was missing from Ford and Collection SLT. An important bidding opportunity for the advanced Connecticut copper specialist.Ex Q. David Bowers Collection. Earlier from Pine Tree Auctions Early American Copper Society sale of February 1975, lot 261. Lot tag and collector envelope with attribution notation included.
