1787 Connecticut Copper. Miller Obverse 33.17 Brockage. Unique. Draped Bust Left. AU-53 (PCGS).122.8 grains. Rich chocolate brown on the normally struck side, glossy and smooth, while the incuse side is even light brown with excellent surfaces and eye appeal. Very sharp, both in terms of strike and wear, ideally centered on both sides. The normally struck side shows a couple of minuscule rim nicks, including at 6:00 and 12:00, but neither side shows any substantial issues. Connecticut copper brockages are rare as a class, but most show either purposeful damage or significant wear. This example is one of the highest grade brockages we can recall on the series, finer than any of Partrick’s or Picker’s, the latter of which were sold in the May 1989 Coin Galleries sale. This example’s grade, eye appeal, and provenance make it one of the most desirable state copper brockages we’ve encountered.From the E Pluribus Unum Collection. Earlier from the William Sumner Appleton Collection; Massachusetts Historical Society Collection, 1905; our (Stack’s) sale of the Massachusetts Historical Society Collection, October 1970, lot 147.
