1787 Connecticut Copper. Miller 26-AA, W-3120. Rarity-5. Draped Bust Left. Fine-12 (PCGS).134.5 grains. Gently mottled light olive brown with somewhat deeper olive on the devices and a short ruddy streak behind Liberty’s head on the reverse. Some minor natural flaws are scattered about, the most obvious being small voids near 3:00 on both sides. Well centered on the obverse, the reverse is a bit high and to the left, though no design features are lost. The obverse does not show the large break that later appears near the effigy’s shoulder, illustrating that this pairing came before the 26-a.1 and 26-kk coins. Remnants of a white ink attribution in the left obverse field, “26 / NC,” the latter notation being of uncertain meaning.From the Twin Leaf Collection of Connecticut & Massachusetts Coppers. Earlier ex Paul Kagin, June 1984; George C. Perkins, Stack’s, January 2000:307; Tom Rinaldo; Sixth Annual C4 Convention sale, November 2000:163.
