1787 Connecticut Copper. Miller 2-B, W-2755. Rarity-3. Mailed Bust Left. AU-50 (PCGS).132.8 grains. A Clark Reverse Plate Coin. Despite a Rarity-3 rating, high grade examples of the 2-B die marriage are quite rare. This one is a lustrous light golden brown, with original mint red glowing in the protected crevices of the devices and textured fields, as well as in between the sawtooth denticles which are quite boldly visible at lower obverse. Struck from misaligned, well-worn dies that given the coin a more worn appearance than it really is, the obverse is centered toward the 11 o’clock position while the reverse is perfectly centered. The dies are also axially misaligned, leaving the top of obverse effigy’s head and Liberty’s head on the reverse nearly absent of their finer details. The lightly worn high points have darkened in comparison to the overall color of this lustrous coin which may technically be one of the finest survivors of the die marriage. Ford’s was only VF, the ANS has what appears to be an EF, a slightly better struck “EF” was in our Coin Galleries sale of February 1994, while a nice EF, ex Dr. Hall, resides in an extensive East Coast cabinet. As with everything else in Robert’s holdings, this coin is a beauty for the die marriage and would be hard to impossible to best.From the Robert M. Martin Collection. Provenance not recorded.
