1788 Connecticut Copper. Miller 3-B.1, W-4410. Rarity-5+. Mailed Bust Right--Overstruck on Nova Constellatio Copper--EF-45+ (PCGS). 130.2 grains. Even light brown with smooth, attractive surfaces. One of the more interesting of the 1788 varieties, the Miller 3-B.1 was coined at Machins Mills and shows all of that mints stylistic cues, but also almost always is found overstruck on Nova Constellatios, as here. The related 3-B.2 and 5-B.2 varieties also are overstruck on Novas more often than not. This one shows abundant Nova Constellatio undertype on the obverse, but the reverse hides nearly everything but the letter B in LIBERTAS. A curved clip is noted above the letters OR in AUCTORI, but the centering is good and all design elements are on the planchet. Two light scratches leave traces at the bottom and top of the letters of AUCTORI, and another scratch stretches from the E in ET to in front of the neck of the seated figure. A light abrasion is seen on her leg. This variety comes with this kind of sharpness fairly regularly. At the time of his annotation of the January 2000 Perkins sale, Bobby Martin listed 38 specimens from these dies, but that number may be a touch higher today. Ex Ray Johnson Collection; Harmer Rookes sale of November 1969, lot 135; our sale of the E Pluribus Unum Collection, November 2020 Auction, lot 4119.