1786 Connecticut Copper. Miller 5.8-H.2, W-2625. Rarity-5+. Mailed Bust Left. EF Details—Environmental Damage (PCGS).134.0 grains. Light olive brown with some ruddy patina in the recesses. Microgranular over much of the surface, but a thin area from the center of the flan to the rim has left a fairly large area of natural planchet roughness, which seems to have been mistaken for environmental damage by PCGS, though it is not. Glossy and still attractive. Struck a bit off center, with the obverse high and the reverse low. At best, only the upper halves of the date digits are still visible (and sharp), while just the upper arc of the 6 is detected against the edge. Sharpness similar to Taylor:2371, save for the effects of the noted flaw. Remnants of the attribution in white ink left of the portrait.From the Twin Leaf Collection of Connecticut & Massachusetts Coppers. Earlier ex Sixth Annual C4 Convention sale, November 2000:130.
