1787 Connecticut Copper. Miller 6.2-M, W-2825. Rarity-5-. Mailed Bust Left, Laughing Head. AU-50 (PCGS).125.3 grains. A Clark Reverse Plate Coin. Miller 6.2-M, also known as the “Simple Head” or the “Second Laughing Head, ” seems inordinately rare in comparison to its 6.1-M doppelganger, considered Rarity-1. This example is sharply struck and well centered, its glossy surfaces equal parts ruddy, earthy brown and deeper olive-brown. A few minor planchet depressions in right obverse and reverse fields are easily overlooked, with a single large one noted below second N of CONNEC that serves as an easily recognizable pedigree marker. Here is a coin that Robert purchase over 42 years ago and whose ideal color and surfaces made it an easy piece to retain in his primary collection for so long.From the Robert M. Martin Collection. Purchased from Norman Pullen in March 1977.
