1787 Connecticut Copper. Miller 37.8-k.2, W-4155. Rarity-5. Draped Bust Left. EF-45 (PCGS).144.1 grains. Dies oriented at 260 degrees. A Clark Obverse and Reverse Plate Coin. The Miller Sale Coin, and plated in that catalog. Exactly statutory weight, this example is very well and evenly struck, with a hint of luster hugging the legends and devices, and just a minor planchet flecking on both sides. A pair of thin old scratches before chin identifies this as the Ford, ex Miller sale example, which brought $1725 in 2005, and then was bid to $2,760 when resold in our 2010 Americana Sale, the fierce competition no doubt motivated by this coin’s status as a Miller Sale Plate Coin.From the Robert M. Martin Collection. Ex Tom Elder’s Sale of the Henry C. Miller Collection, May 29, 1920, lot 2009; Hillyer Ryder Collection (his square ticket is included with this lot ); F.C.C. Boyd Collection; John J. Ford, Jr.; Stack’s Sale of Part 9 of the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, May 10, 2005, lot 442.
