1787 Connecticut Copper. Miller 22-g.2, W-3065. Rarity-5+. Draped Bust Left. VF-35 (PCGS).152.2 grains. A Clark Obverse and Reverse Plate Coin. Considered “nearly R-7” as recently as the 1975 Pine Tree EAC Sale, and now lowered to Rarity-5+, but without a proliferation of beautiful specimens, as here. Glossy dark chestnut obverse, the reverse a decidedly lighter brown hue but similarly glossy, an attractive coin just for its superlative surface quality. Sharper examples of this die combination exist, but are usually imperfect in some way, such as the sharp VF 1975 Pine Tree EAC coin with a large planchet flaw. Other than the gorgeous AU Ford coin that brought over $10, 000 in 2005, this may be the most well balanced and perfect example known and was in fact considered “High Condition Census” by Robert.From the Robert M. Martin Collection. Ex Bowers and Ruddy’s Sale of the Bartlett Collection, November 30, 1979, lot 2104.
