1787 Connecticut Copper. Miller 29.2-N, W-3160. Rarity-6-. Draped Bust Left. (PCGS).141.6 grains. Attractive medium brown surfaces are uniform throughout save for a small spot left of the effigy’s mouth and a small area of slightly deeper patina at Liberty’s leg. A couple of small rim nicks and one left of CONNEC are noted, but otherwise there are few marks. Some slightly rough planchet texture remains in the more weakly struck areas left of the effigy and in the lower reverse. A couple of tiny natural retained laminations are noted under magnification. Well centered on both sides. Aside from the mentioned striking weakness, this is a very pleasing example of a fairly rare variety, and easily the nicest we have handled since the Ford sale where a better struck Very Fine was offered. Certainly nicer than either of Perkins’ coins, and the Collection SLT piece. Eric Newman didn’t own this variety. Though offered without further provenance in the “Old New England” collection by Heritage, this was Frederick Taylor’s coin, suggesting that the “Old New England” collection was less old than the title might have suggested.From the Twin Leaf Collection of Connecticut & Massachusetts Coppers. Earlier ex Frederick B. Taylor, Bowers and Merena, March 1987:2468; Old New England Collection, Heritage, April 2014:3722, via Anthony Terranova.
