1787 Connecticut Copper. Miller 33.10-Z.8, W-3510. Rarity-5. Draped Bust Left. VF-35 (PCGS).127.3 grains. Ruddy brown and glossy, the peripheries a bit more darkly patinated on the obverse, a lightning bolt of a planchet flaw ranging from obverse center diagonally down to the rim. Both sides well struck but a bit off-center, with no loss to the obverse legends but cutting off the bottom portions of the date. The off-centering has emphasized how far the legends were placed from the denticles on the reverse, a curious design decision.From the Robert M. Martin Collection. Ex W. Philip Keller Collection, purchased from Stack’s on October 9, 1954; Heritage’s Houston Signature US Coin Auction of December 2010, lot 3228.
