1788 Connecticut Copper. Miller 12.2-E, W-4530. Rarity-6. Mailed Bust Left. EF-45 (PCGS).102.4 grains. Deep golden tan with ruddy chestnut highlights, luster glows in the fields where not interrupted by the planchet’s texture and impurities. Ragged edge clip from 7oclock to 9 oclock relative to the obverse, scattered roughness comes to light under low magnification, natural rim flaw at C(TORI), otherwise no serious marks, reverse much the same, good gloss and solid appearance to the unaided eye, rim flaw at 9 oclock, a carryover from the obverse, slightly off-center, rim tight to bottom of date numerals and top of INDE. All told, a pleasing coin that is just about Mint State from the standpoint of actual wear, but with the soft appearance of so many of these 1788 MBL Connecticuts that is as much a product of the shallowly cut dies as the planchet quality.From the Robert M. Martin Collection. Ex Bowers and Merenas Sale of the Frederick B. Taylor Collection, March 1987, lot 2713; our Americana Sale featuring Collection SLT, January24-26, 2012, lot 7446.
