1787 Connecticut Copper. Miller 33.9-s.2, W-3490. Rarity-2. Draped Bust Left. AU-50 (PCGS).134.6 grains. Golden brown, and glossy, with some superficial planchet streaks that are still seemingly filled with the impurities that caused them. The struck is bold and quite crisp for a DBL Connecticut, though both dies are moving rapidly towards total failure. They are well worn, spalled and badly cracked, especially the reverse, which is full of interconnecting die cracks in the fields, through the lettering and in the central device. Not only is this coin delightful in its color and luster, but it is a delight to study under magnification, as we can imagine the die cracks expanding with every blow of the dies. Called “Condition Census” by Robert, though there are many equal and finer survivors of this common die marriage in numismatic circulation today.From the Robert M. Martin Collection. Ex Bowers and Merena’s Sale of the Hewitt Collection, November 14, 1984, lot 2747.
