1788 Connecticut Copper. Miller 16.1-H, W-4600. Rarity-4. Draped Bust Left. AU-58 (PCGS).127.2 grains. Light golden brown and lustrous, with a small swath of darker brown patina through CONNEC and over the lower half of the reverse. Both sides well centered and well struck, though the obverse appears soft, the result of acutely worn dies where much of the fine detail had eroded away before this coin was ever struck. Distinctive die cracks in left obverse field are joined by a short die crack or die scratch at neck and a sunken area in the die at NEC of CONNEC. A tiny curved planchet clip nips the bottom of the second 8 of the date. Several high quality survivors of the die marriage exist, though not many that are so visually appealing and that have an essentially fully rendered date, which often fades from view from poor centering. This is the single finest PCGS-graded specimen of the 1788 Draped Bust Left type.From the Robert M. Martin Collection. Ex Heritage Sale #1167 of February 2, 2012, lot 7031.
