1787 Connecticut Copper. Miller 1.2-C, W-2720. Rarity-3. Mailed Bust Right, Muttonhead. AU-58 (PCGS).Clearly one of the finest Muttonhead coppers available to todays advanced Connecticut copper enthusiasts, this coin exhibits lovely rose-brown patina to overall smooth, satiny surfaces. Plenty of luster remains, the surfaces liveliest when viewed with the aid of direct lighting. Struck slightly off center to 6 oclock on the obverse, the bottom of the portrait is flush with the lower border while particularly broad denticulation lines the upper border. The reverse is also struck trivially off center, here to about 11 oclock, although only the very top of the cap is flush with the border. Lightly struck in the centers, where one can see original planchet roughness, this is also a middle die state coin with a few of the letters in the obverse legend lapped away, including the E in CONNEC and half of both Os. We stress, however, that the overall detail is quite sharp. A good EF is a strong grade for a Miller 1.2-C Muttonhead; this one is better than that and offers premium quality for the variety that will please the discerning collector.PCGS Population: 1; 1 finer in AU-58+.
