1787 Connecticut Copper. Miller 43.1-Y, W-4250. Rarity-2. Draped Bust Left, CONNFC. AU-55 (PCGS).

146.9 grains. Essentially ideal dark chocolate brown surfaces. Both sides are deeply glossy and retain traces of luster in some recesses. The obverse is completely uniform in tone and exhibits only a couple of tiny natural flaws, one in the upper hair and another near the rim at 11 o'clock. The reverse has some natural darker patina streaks, but also a few small traces of retained faded red in the recesses. Both sides are well struck, fairly well centered and very attractive. Just the bases of the date digits are over the border of the flan, but the other peripheral details are complete and comfortably clear of the rims. These two dies are unique in this marriage and though a common enough variety, both sides of this lovely coin are plated in Clark. This coin was called "certainly high in the Condition Census" when it was sold in the 2009 C4 sale. There are some really nice examples around, but this probably does fall into the CC (even if at the middle to bottom end), particularly if one considers issues of strike and planchet quality. We would certainly say that it has every bit of the eye appeal one might expect of a CC-quality Connecticut, and it is a superb example of the CONNFC Guide Book variety.

PCGS# 687374. NGC ID: 2B33.

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From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier from McCawley and Grellman's C4 Auction, November 2009, lot 163.