1787 Connecticut Copper. Miller 9-R, W-2860. Rarity-4+. Mailed Bust Left, IND,1787 over 1788. EF Details—Environmental Damage (PCGS).151.7 grains. Very sharply struck for the variety, perhaps technically AU in terms of wear, and displaying relatively crisply defined details but with dark brown surfaces that are microscopically granular without negatively impacting the arm’s length eye appeal of this scarce Red Book listed overdate. Minor planchet flakes are noted on both sides. Reverse legend reads IND ET LIB, inexplicably leaving out the final E of the standard E, replacing it instead with a proliferation of small quatrefoils.From the Robert M. Martin Collection. Ex Pine Tree Auction Company’s Sale of the John Carter Brown Library Collection, May 21, 1976, lot 521.
