1786 Connecticut Copper. Miller 5.2-I, W-2550. Rarity-4. Mailed Bust Left. EF-40 (PCGS)121.2 grains. Slightly off-center on the obverse, rim there to the tops of AUC, UC nearly totally obscured by a sizeable bulge, no marks present that assault the unassisted eye, reverse off-center to the bottom with just the tops of the date on the planchet, rim tight to tops of IND, some light planchet flaws, present during striking, are seen near the globe. Sharpness the easy equivalent of Ford:254 but without the flaws that plagued that specimen, bolder than Perkins:225, again without the flaws that were present on that coin, and nearly that of Taylor:2353; the most recent of these sales, that of Ford:254 (2005), realized $1, 725. One of the cherries plucked by Robert from the SLT Collection, undoubtedly for its pleasing surfaces and the possibility that it is one of the finest survivors of this scarce die combination.From the Robert M. Martin Collection. Ex Don Valenziano; C-4s sale of December 2006, lot 123; our Americana Sale featuring Collection SLT, January 24-26, 2012, lot 7102.