1787 Connecticut Copper. Miller 33.2-Z.21, W-3380. Rarity-6-. Draped Bust Left, INDE over IODE. VF-20 (PCGS).131.4 grains. Light brown, the reverse a couple shades darker, probably from long storage in a cabinet reverse side down. Surfaces are glossy and smooth, showing trouble free wear and just some minor planchet flaws rippling horizontally through the center of each side. Generally described as INDE over IODE, Randy Clark calls this an N/D rather than an N/O, a sensible attribution, given that the die sinker probably just picked up the punch for the next letter in INDE too early in the process. Here is a well-balanced and very visually appealing example of this rare die pairing.From the Robert M. Martin Collection. Ex the George Polis Collection, Stack’s Americana Sale of June 16, 2007, lot 6531.
