1788 Connecticut Copper. Miller 1-I , RR-39. W-4400. Rarity-5. Mailed Bust Right, Small Head, Vermont Reverse. VF Details--Scratch (PCGS). 110.0 grains. A really lovely specimen of this popular rarity. Displays unusually nice surface quality, color, and sharpness for this always crude production. The planchet here was too small for the dies, as is virtually always the case with the variety, but the strike was as well centered as possible and allows for nearly full legends and a good amount of the date as well. The strike was strong too and brought up about as much detail as youll ever see on one these, with just modest weakness at the centers. Glossy dark brown with tan-brown devices, the surfaces free of planchet flaws and meaningful roughness. There are some digs at the top of the head and also some faint, toned over scratches at the central obverse, but these are hardly visible at most viewing angles and easy to overlook. A desirable specimen with excellent eye appeal despite the obverse marks and overall one of the more appealing examples we have seen. From the Norman G. Peters Collection.