1787 Connecticut Copper. Miller 32.4-F, W-3240. Rarity-6. Draped Bust Left. VG-10 (PCGS).133.6 grains. Mostly glossy chocolate brown with some deeper patina through the leftmost legend on the obverse and outlining much of Liberty on the reverse. A bit porous in places, but the general appearance is fairly smooth aside from the large depressions at the A of AUCTORI and, on the reverse, at Liberty’s foot. While the close proximity of these two depressions might initially suggest a flawed planchet, they do appear to be dents because struck design elements can be found within them, to a small degree. The obverse is off center toward the right with CONNEC against the rim, though the detail is weak in this area and the letters are faint at best. The reverse is better centered, with most of the legend visible, along with the date. Though well worn, the remaining detail is quite respectable and overall, this is a rather nice example of this rarity. Easily one of the nicest of those we have handled in the past decade. The variety was not represented in Norweb, Oechsner, Hessberg, Ford or Newman.From the Twin Leaf Collection of Connecticut & Massachusetts Coppers. Earlier ex New Netherlands, November 1959; Frederick B. Taylor, Bowers and Merena, March 1987:2486; Ed Sarrafian, July 1990; Peter Scherff, Stack’s, March 2010:2373.
