1787 Connecticut copper. Miller 1.2-C, W-2720. Rarity-3. Muttonhead. AU-58+ (PCGS).179.0 grains. One of the best Muttonheads around, struck from an early enough die state that the date is complete and the legends are nearly so. Frosty and lustrous chestnut and steel brown with exceptional visual appeal. The planchet is broad and the strike is well centered, leaving denticles around most of the obverse. A clip at 1:00 does not harm any design elements on either side, and a truly trivial rim nick over T of ET on the reverse is the only mark worth noting. This middle die state shows a few of the letters of the obverse legend lapped away, including E of CONNEC and half of both Os, but the Muttonhead portrait remains sharp. A good EF is a strong grade for a Muttonhead. This one is better than that.PCGS Population: 1, none finer.From the Archangel Collection. Earlier, from Bowers and Ruddy’s sale of the Kensington Collection, December 1975, lot 233.