1787 Connecticut Copper. Miller 26-a.1, W-3110. Rarity-6. Draped Bust Left. Fine-15 (PCGS).146.8 grains. Glossy chocolate brown over most of the surface with just a trace of deeper patina near the periphery. Slight microgranularity in places, but it has no bearing on the overall aesthetic appeal. Well centered with a full date and legends free of the rims. Weak at the effigy’s truncation and at Liberty’s head, though part of the large die crack through the effigy’s shoulder is visible. A tiny void to the upper right of Liberty’s head, but otherwise no notable flaws. A fine old provenance back to St. Louis Stamp and Coin and off the market since our Ford sale, Part V, where it brought $2,990.From the Twin Leaf Collection of Connecticut & Massachusetts Coppers. Earlier ex St. Louis Stamp and Coin, October 1926; Hillyer C. Ryder (tag included); F.C.C. Boyd; John J. Ford, Jr., Stack’s, Ford Part IX, May 2005:322.
