1788 Connecticut Copper. Miller 6-H, W-4445. Rarity-5+. Mailed Bust Right. VF-30 (PCGS).119.1 grains. A mule of sorts, combining a Mailed Bust Right obverse with a reverse that is in the style of those chiefly mated with Draped Bust Left obverses. Dark chestnut brown, the highest points of the designs worn to a lighter tan hue on both sides. The obverse die was sunken and failing to begin with, and this coin shows it in its latest state, here badly clashed with the reverse, no doubt helping to hasten the demise of the obverse die. A bit granular at obverse center and Liberty’s lower drapery, where the strike did not completely flatten the texture of the original planchet surface. Called “condition census” by Robert, though many known examples are in the VF range, but not always with such pleasant and balanced surface quality, as here.From the Robert M. Martin Collection. Purchased December 1979, source not recorded.
