1787 Connecticut Copper. Miller 10-E, W-2865. Rarity-5. Mailed Bust Left. VF Details—Environmental Damage (PCGS).174.5 grains. Lightly granular olive brown and tan with accents of steel on the reverse and a few black deposits. Suggestions of an old cleaning remain, but only in the form of color, not in hairlines or other damage. However, this has largely toned back now. A few shallow planchet streaks are noted on the reverse, but none is serious or too distracting. The planchet is quite good otherwise. Rather similar to the recently sold Anderson-Gleckler piece, which had similar sharpness, better surfaces overall, yet an arc of light oxidation in the lower truncation and beyond on either side. The early states of the dies, with a relatively thin break connecting the tops of UCTORI.From the Twin Leaf Collection of Connecticut & Massachusetts Coppers. Earlier ex George C. Perkins, Stack’s, January 2000:272.
