1787 Connecticut Copper. Miller 1.3-L, W-2735. Rarity-6-. Mailed Bust Right, Six-Pointed Star. VF-20 (PCGS).
108.7 grains. Light steel brown on the obverse with slight ruddy accents around the bust and in the legend right of the face. The reverse is similar steel brown with lighter ruddy brown blended through the center. The surfaces are somewhat glossy upon first glance, but closer study reveals some light granularity on the obverse and subtle dark deposits on the reverse. Centered slightly toward the upper right on the obverse, with the C of CONNEC close to the rim, but still not touching. The six-pointed star at the base of the bust, seen only on this obverse and used in this lone pairing, is perfectly bold. The legends and date are full, and the reverse detail is a bit sharper than that on the obverse. Called the "finest seen by the cataloguer" in our 2005 Ford sale, and we have only seen one other that is marginally better, that which emerged from the Newman Collection in 2014, graded VF-30 by NGC.
PCGS# 686420.
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From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier from S.H. and H. Chapman's sale of the John G. Mills Collection, April 1904, lot 263; Hillyer C. Ryder; F.C.C. Boyd; our (Stack's) sale of the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, Part IX, May 2005, lot 284.

Estimate: $9500