1787 Connecticut Copper. Miller 43.2-X.4, W-4255. Rarity-5. Draped Bust Left, CONNFC. VF-25 (PCGS).

140.0 grains. Medium tan patina on the design features while the fields serve as a nice background of deeper olive brown. Streaking lamination flaws on the obverse and related shallow fissures on the reverse. Fairly well centered with well balanced detail throughout. Glossy looking, but a bit granular up close.

PCGS# 687375. NGC ID: 2B33.

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From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier from our (Stack's) sale of the Gilbert Steinberg Collection, October 1989, lot 99; McCawley and Grellman's Scott Barnes Sale (C4), October 1996, lot 256; Jim LaSarre, via John Agre and David Wnuck (Coin Rarities Online), June 2006.