1787 Connecticut Copper. Miller 33.38-Z.1, W-3925. Rarity-5+. Draped Bust Left, INDE over INDN—Double Struck on Reverse—VF-30 (PCGS).130.9 grains. Smoothly worn, golden brown surfaces are lightly glossy on both sides of this well struck (for a Connecticut!) example. Well-centered on a planchet that has become oblong due to a slightly rotated, closely overlapping double striking of the reverse, probably the result of the reverse die bouncing while the coin was still stuck in the obverse die. Distinctive overpunching of the E over an N in INDE makes this an easy reverse die to identify. A choice and fascinating error coin.From the Robert M. Martin Collection. Ex W. Philip Keller Collection, Heritage, October 28, 2010, lot 3214, acquired by Keller from Ted Craige on August 17, 1967.
