1787 Connecticut Copper. Miller 39.2-ee, W-4220. Rarity-5-. Draped Bust Left, AUCTOBI / ET LIR. VF-25 (PCGS).

Charming surface quality for this challenging die pairing, both sides are richly and originally toned in golden-brown with plenty of good gloss. Obverse impression drawn trivially to 5 o'clock with softness along the lower right border, although the legend is fully legible and the portrait is mostly bold. The reverse, which is rotated nearly 90 degrees clockwise from coin alignment, is just a tad soft along the right border, bold elsewhere, date full and crisp. The planchet is trivially flawed in and around the centers, but to no great detriment; a few scratches along the lower right obverse border are noted. There exist a number of technically high-grade specimens of this Miller number, some of which have various striking weaknesses or planchet flaws, as here, so ranking them becomes fraught. For a 39.2-ee at the PCGS-certified VF level, the collector would be hard pressed to find a nicer example that this.

PCGS# 687283. NGC ID: 2B32.