1786 Connecticut Copper. Miller 4.2-R, W-2530. Rarity-6. Mailed Bust Left. VG Details—Environmental Damage (PCGS).138.8 grains. Uniform light porosity and a few natural planchet fissures on both sides. Clipped near 8:00 relative to the obverse resulting in the loss of just the tops of UC of AUCTORI and the D of INDE. Weakness opposite the clip caused that area to strike up poorly. The variety comes weak, however, and even the best pieces in the Taylor and Perkins collections were not much sharper. A respectable example of this rare variety.From the Twin Leaf Collection of Connecticut & Massachusetts Coppers. Earlier ex Dave Menchell, July 1994; Collection SLT, Stack’s Bowers, January 2012:7098.
