1787 Connecticut Copper. Miller Obverse 31.1 Brockage. Rarity-7-. Draped Bust Left. VG-10 (PCGS).135.7 grains. Dark brown and lightly granular, with the designs and legends worn to a decidedly lighter golden-brown hue on the obverse, the brockage side showing an opposite color scheme, the fields (i.e. the high points of that side) worn to a light golden brown, the incuse brockage strike patinated in darker brown. According to Randy Clark, fully 10 brockages of Obverse 31.1 are known, perhaps pointing to some repeating malfunction or purposeful manufacture of brockages from this die.From the Robert M. Martin Collection. Ex Stack’s Sale of the Estate of Norman Bryant, February 2, 1973;Stack’s Sale of the T. Henry Allen Collection, February 4, 1977; Stack’s Sale of the Ellis Robison Collection, February 10, 1982, lot 137.
