1787 Connecticut copper. Miller 11.2-K, W-2875. Rarity-2. Mailed Bust Left. AU-58+ (PCGS).136.9 grains. A frosty delight, with profound luster over chocolate brown surfaces. The lightest color is preserved at the peripheries, where mint color was last to fade. Despite some softness at the absolute center that typifies the variety, the peripheral and main details are extraordinary, with the sort of sharpness on the head of the seated figure and the portrait’s cuirass that are rarely encountered. A short die crack is seen between CT of AUCTORI, a more delicate one arcs over the shoulder truncation near the last C of CONNEC. The assigned grade nearly acknowledges what is evident with this coin in hand: it shows no evidence of circulation, and its luster is unbroken over both surfaces. While other Mint State specimens of this variety exist, this one is as pretty and choice as most of them.PCGS Population: 1; 1 finer (MS-63 BN).From the Archangel Collection. Earlier, from Stack’s sale of the David Spence Collection, March 1975, lot 728.
