1788 Connecticut Copper. Miller 16.5-H, W-4625. Rarity-5. Draped Bust Left. AU-58 (PCGS).An impressive high grade example of this scarce variety with frosty light brown surfaces, well preserved with no contact marks to report and essentially devoid of wear. Formerly graded NGC MS-62 BN, this was one of three exceptional Connecticut coppers that were discovered in England by William Paul of American Heritage Minting in 2013. The other two, also acquired by Syd, were Choice Mint State, red and brown examples of 1787 Miller 13-D and 1787 Miller 32.2-X.1. The coins were acquired from a museum in north central England that had lost its funding and was forced to sell off some of its collections. This recently discovered example is among the very finest seen of the variety, overall comparable to the Partrick NGC AU-55 ex Mills-Ryder-Boyd-Ford called "possibly the finest known." High grade examples also exist in the ANS Collection and Connecticut State Library, but virtually all of the great private Connecticut copper collections have had examples inferior to the outstanding piece offered here.PCGS# 687242.From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier from England; American Heritage Minting, March 2013.
