1787 Connecticut Copper. Miller 32.3-X.4, W-3235. Rarity-2. Draped Bust Left. AU-50 (PCGS).141.1 grains. Mostly light caramel brown with some deeper patina behind the legends and around the lower portions of Liberty. Glossy and quite smooth with just a trace of microporosity. Areas of light natural planchet texture are noted at the globe and shield on the reverse, and at the head of the effigy on the obverse where the strike was lighter. The obverse is centered slightly high, while the reverse is nearly perfect in this respect. Struck from a later state of the obverse die with a prominent internal cud above the effigy’s ear. Apparently a rare state of this die, as we do not recall having seen this break on other examples of this variety. A common variety, but quite a bit nicer than those usually encountered.From the Twin Leaf Collection of Connecticut & Massachusetts Coppers. Earlier ex Henry Garrett’s December 1988 Fixed Price List No. 11; George C. Perkins, Stack’s, January 2000:328.
