1787 Connecticut Copper. Miller 33.7-r.2, W-3440. Rarity-1. Draped Bust Left—Triple Struck—Fine-12 (PCGS).131.6 grains. Struck three separate times, the first strike appears to have been about 20% off-center, then came a perfectly centered strike, topped off by a third strike that was 50% off-center. Not surprisingly, several error coins for this common die marriage survive, as an error coin would have worked just as well in commerce as a perfectly centered, singly struck coin. This is one of the most visually arresting errors on the die variety and will undoubtedly engender active bidding at auction time.From the Robert M. Martin Collection. Ex Stack’s Sale of the D. Fleischer Collection, September 7-8, 1979, lot 537; Stack’s Sale of the Ellis Robison Collection, February 10, 1982, lot 140.
