1788 Connecticut Copper. Miller 7-E, W-4480. Rarity-5-. Mailed Bust Left. VF-30 (PCGS).119.3 grains. Golden tan and smoothly worn with the soft appearance to the devices that is seen on many survivors of the 1788 Mailed Bust Left Connecticuts. A couple minor planchet striations noted at left obverse and a single one at left reverse. Obverse rim tight to the letters in CONNEC, reverse tight to INDE ET. As discussed in the pages of the <em>C4 Newsletter</em> by Charles W. Smith and Robert Martin himself, the fractional style Painted Die Variety in the left field is the mark of early Connecticut enthusiast William Wallace Hays, whose “circle H” round card once accompanied this coin but is no longer extant. Hays’ collection went to Ryder via Charles Steigerwalt’s October 1903 price list.From the Robert M. Martin Collection. Ex William Wallace Hays Collection, acquired from Steigerwalt in1890; Hillyer Ryder Collection via Charles Steigerwalt’s 1903 Fixed Price List; F.C.C. Boyd Collection; John J. Ford, Jr.; Stack’s sale of June 8-10, 1994, part of lot 202.
