1787 Connecticut Copper. Miller 37.9-e, W-4160. Rarity-5+. Draped Bust Left. AU-53 (PCGS).140.0 grains. A Clark Reverse Plate Coin. Golden olive-brown and quite lustrous, the strike is bold on both sides, well-centered on the obverse, and a bit off on the reverse, bringing the top of Liberty’s bun into contact with the rim. Date is bold and strong, which can’t be said of the otherwise superb, Uncirculated if lightly flawed 1975 EAC Sale coin. The Taylor sale “AU-50” is gorgeous, well struck, but missing part of its date, and is devoid of any of planchet flaws, like the one vertically across obverse effigy’s face on Robert’s coin. Ford’s, ex Miller, was called About Uncirculated and brought $6900 back in 2005, and this coin is a match in quality, save for the planchet striation. All in all a remarkably well-balanced example of this very scarce die marriage, a not unusual statement for a coin in Robert’s most precisely curated Connecticut Coppers collection.From the Robert M. Martin Collection. Purchased from David Sonderman, August 1979.
