1787 Connecticut Copper. Miller 37.2-k.5, W-4105. Rarity-5+. Draped Bust Left—Dr. Hall Ink on Edge—EF-45 (PCGS).139.7 grains. A Clark Reverse Plate Coin. Here is choice, mahogany brown coin with the initial appearance of an AU coin, the luster muted somewhat by a faint, microscopic granularity and some planchet flaking on the reverse. Well struck and well centered, with the extravagant hairstyle on seated Liberty boldly visible and a delight to behold. Struck from the late obverse die state, with die cracks meandering through AUCTORI and another through adjacent field. Several comparably sharp or sharper pieces exist, but most are flawed somehow—the primary Ford example is a rough, cleaned AU, the EF Norweb piece has an edge bruise, as does Taylor’s duplicate, and the Twin Leaf example was called AU Details, Cleaned. This one is quite pleasant in its high grade, with just a small folded lamination notable on the reverse. This coin was once in the cabinet of Dr. Thomas Hall, who marked the edge in white ink with the attribution number “37-2 K1-5” that he had employed in his 1892 publication on the Connecticut coppers of 1787.From the Robert M. Martin Collection. Ex Dr. Thomas Hall Collection; Virgil Brand Collection; Bowers and Merena’s Sale of the Frederick B. Taylor Collection, March 27, 1987, lot 2627.
