1787 Connecticut Copper. Miller 42-kk.2, W-4245. Rarity-5-. Draped Bust Left, AUCTOPI / ETIIB—Dr. Hall Ink on Edge—VF-35 (PCGS).157.2 grains. Deep golden brown and glossy, with only a couple very minor rim bruises that are mentioned for the sake of completeness. Though the design motifs display detail appropriate to the VF grade, luster flow lines are preserved in the fields, perhaps pointing to a higher technical grade. A thin planchet flaw through laurel leaves at top of head identify this example as the Crosby Plate Coin. Pictured for the 1787 Connecticut type Crosby 42-K as coin #23 on Plate V of Sylvester Sage Crosbys 1875 <em>Early Coins of America</em>, this coin represents 2 of only 43 images used to illustrate the vast Connecticut copper series in this seminal reference that is very relevant even today; Crosby plate coins are rarely offered, and in the state copper series, usually represent important examples, such as the superb AU 1786 Connecticut Miller 7-K from the Newman collection sold for $19, 200 in our March 2019 Twin Leaf sale, or the lovely 1788 Vermont copper RR-27 graded AU-50 that brought a very strong $8225 in our March 2017 Baltimore sale. We expect strong demand for this choice coin from those desirous of a Crosby plate coin, with the added bonus that this is a Dr. Hall Ink on Edge piece, with his distinct white attribution "42 K2-2" seen flanking the 10 oclock position when viewed from the obverse.<p><em><p></em>From the Robert M. Martin Collection. Ex Dr. Thomas Hall Collection; Virgil Brand Collection; New Netherlands 51<sup>st</sup> Sale, June 19-20, 1958, part of lot 103.<p>
