1785 Connecticut Copper. Miller 4.4-D, W-2380. Rarity-7. Mailed Bust Right. Fine Details—Environmental Damage (PCGS).135.8 grains. A most presentable example of this very rare variety. The portrait is plainly visible, if fading somewhat at the periphery, and the legend is clear save for the disturbances of some natural planchet flaws through NNEC. Similar but somewhat less bothersome fissures extend through the upper bust. The reverse is a bit sharper and a couple of planchet defects (one at Liberty’s bust line, the other between the upper staff and ET) are of little visual consequence. The planchet seems to have been thin through the area of the exergue, so the date is missing, while weakness at the top of the portrait corresponds to this area as well. The reverse legend is weak in the lower letters but clear otherwise, as are the central design features. This piece is significantly finer than the one we sold in our March 2017 sale. It was missing from Norweb, Oechsner, Ford and Collection SLT. Frederick Taylor had the Q. David Bowers-Pine Tree ’75 coin, which was sharper but also on an uneven planchet. The Perkins coin had a massive countermark through the portrait. Among all of these, the Taylor coin and the present one have the best visual appeal of those seen.From the Twin Leaf Collection of Connecticut & Massachusetts Coppers. Earlier ex Thirteenth Annual C4 Convention sale, December 2007:103.