1787 Connecticut Copper. Miller 13-D, W-2890. Rarity-2. Mailed Bust Left, Childish Face. VF Details—Rim Damage (PCGS).143.4 grains. Deep olive brown over much of the surface with traces of ruddiness in the obverse fields and in a couple of small areas of the reverse. Though associated with light old oxidation these areas are stable and as glossy as the rest of the surface, appearing as little more than variations in color. A bit of microporosity but really quite attractive. The planchet has a natural thin area beneath the forward truncation, with a bit of rim damage in this area. The truncation fades into it, and ET is lost to it on the reverse. Nicely centered on the obverse, with bulges at the left of the portrait and at ON of CONNEC from the failing dies. The reverse is off center toward 11:00, with an arc of smooth unstruck metal opposite. Painted attribution numbers in black on the effigy’s face. Very pleasant and nicely detailed.From the Twin Leaf Collection of Connecticut & Massachusetts Coppers. Earlier ex Sixth Annual C4 Convention sale, November 2001:149.
