1785 Connecticut Copper. Miller 7.1-D, W-2440. Rarity-4+. Mailed Bust Left. VF-30 (PCGS).147.3 grains. Deep olive brown with lighter tan accents on the high points. Rather nice eye appeal with the usual small fissures on both sides. The one depression left of the nose is probably a strike through from debris on the die, as a virtually identical impression is seen on the obverse of the Collection SLT specimen we sold in January 2012, another example of this late die state. They apparently were produced in close succession. This one is easily the sharper of the two and it was reportedly a coin George Perkins thought highly of. Weak through the centers as frequently seen, though the planchet seems to have been a bit thinner toward the left side relative to the obverse, resulting in more reverse weakness in this position. Elsewhere, the legends and the date are respectably strong.From the Twin Leaf Collection of Connecticut & Massachusetts Coppers. Earlier ex Mike Ringo’s April 1984 Fixed Price List, #6; George C. Perkins, Stack’s, January 2000:210.
