1787 Connecticut Copper. Miller 34-ff.1, W-4060. Rarity-5. Draped Bust Left, ETLIR. VF-30 (PCGS).150.9 grains. A strong VF coin, dark brown and highlighted in lighter tan across the high points of the devices and legends. Well struck and well-centered. Old Painted Die Variety attribution in left obverse field using the 1892 Hall attribution scheme. As discussed in the pages of the <em>C4 Newsletter</em> by Charles W. Smith and Robert Martin himself, the fractional style Painted Die Variety in Hall’s attribution scheme in the left field is the mark of early Connecticut enthusiast William Wallace Hays, whose “circle H” round card accompanied this coin when last sold in 1994 but is no longer extant. Hays’ collection went to Ryder via Charles Steigerwalt’s October 1903 price list.From the Robert M. Martin Collection. Ex William Wallace Hays Collection; Hillyer Ryder Collection, via Charles Steigerwalt’s Fixed Price List of 1903; F.C.C. Boyd Collection; John J. Ford, Jr.; Stack’s sale of June 8-10, 1994, part of lot 146.
