August 2024 Global Showcase Auction – 12 - 23 August 2024
Ancient and World Coins and Currency
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Description
1785 Connecticut Copper. Miller 2-A.4, W-2310. Rarity-5. Mailed Bust Right. VF-20 (PCGS).
138.4 grains. A second Roman Head, this example is the marginally scarcer second die pairing for this distinctive obverse type. Light steely brown with subtle tan mottling on both sides. Beautifully centered, and struck on a flan of good quality and weight at the upper end of the range given by Randy Clark in The Identification and Classification of Connecticut Coppers. The higher relief portrait stands out nicely, but related shallowness in the central reverse exhibits natural planchet texture. A tiny rim mark and a couple of old thin scratches are noted, but the centering is superb, and the legends are respectably clear throughout. This was the primary Ford coin.
PCGS# 685150.
From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier from our (Stack's) sale of the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, Part IX, May 2005, lot 199; Jim LaSarre, via John Agre and Dave Wnuck (Coin Rarities Online), June 2006.
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Bidding
| Price realized | 2'200 USD |
| Starting price | 1 USD |
| Estimate | 1'500 USD |
