1787 Connecticut Copper. Miller 33.13-Z.1, W-3550. Rarity-6-. Draped Bust Left, INDE over INDN. EF-45 (PCGS).116.6 grains. Very well struck everywhere but at obverse effigy’s lower drapery and seated Liberty’s head and neck, the somewhat glossy surfaces are golden and olive-brown, flecked with a near vertical minor lamination in left obverse and reverse fields. Pale golden brown with a light iridescence on both sides. Described by Robert as “Second Finest Known, ” undoubtedly after the clipped and weakly struck EF in the Taylor Collection, ex 1975 EAC Sale; we sold a lovely but flawed coin now graded PCGS AU50 but with the look of a much higher grade as part of the Twin Leaf collection earlier this year. Though a rare die marriage, it was curiously missing from advanced collections like those of Norweb, Oechsner, and Eric Newman. Here is a chance to get one of the finest survivors of the die marriage and the one among these top pieces that is perhaps the best balanced in terms of wear, strike and eye appeal.From the Robert M. Martin Collection. Purchased from David Sonderman’s Fixed Price List of August 1981.
