1788 Connecticut Copper. Miller 15.2-P, W-4590. Rarity-5. Draped Bust Left. AU-50 (PCGS).134.4 grains. An overall sharp, appreciably glossy example with a few swirls of gray-brown to otherwise dominant medium copper patina. Obverse off center to 5 oclock, border through bottom of effigys bust, reverse off center to 6 oclock with border bisecting date numerals. Softly struck in the centers with original planchet texture evident, B in LIB very faint, edges smooth but surfaces revealing scattered verdigris spots. Finer than Taylor:2722, Perkins:521, Ford:496 and Collection SLT:7456 and 7457, and comparable to 1975 EAC Sale:311. Certainly among the sharpest and most attractive known from these dies.PCGS# 687236.From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier from Early American History Auctions, Inc.s sale of June 2004, lot 882; our sale of the Anderson-Gleckler Collection, November 2016 Baltimore Auction, lot 5377.