August 2024 Global Showcase Auction – 12 - 23 August 2024
Ancient and World Coins and Currency
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Description
1786 Connecticut Copper. Miller 4.2-S, W-2535. Rarity-6+. Mailed Bust Left, Sword Hilt and Guard. Good-4 (PCGS).
127.8 grains. Medium brown and slightly lighter on the higher points. Generally glossy though there is some light granularity and of course the prominent streaked natural flaws must be mentioned. One of two marriages for this obverse die, this apparently being the later one and the marginally scarcer one. As with the other variety, lower grade and deeply flawed planchets seem to be the norm for the 4.2-S, the finest known being the somewhat weakly struck and flawed EF in Syd's primary collection. None of the four examples in our archives are on good quality planchets. The distinctive sword hilt and guard are clearly visible on this specimen. As noted in our 1995 offering of this piece: "this variety was unknown to both Hall and Miller and is missing from the ANS and CSL collections, as well as the Ryder-Boyd Primary holdings [owned by John Ford at the time]. Reverse 'S' was first published by Canfield and Ryder in their Additions and Corrections ; obverse 4.2 appears to have been discovered by Norman Bryant and published by Ned Barnsley in CNL (March 1964), p.28)." At the time just two were known, and in 1995 just three were known to us, though there were uncertain reports of one or two more. A few more have been discovered since then.
PCGS# 686830.
From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier from our (Stack's) sale of June 1995, lot 37; Jim LaSarre, via John Agre and Dave Wnuck (Coin Rarities Online), June 2006.
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| Price realized | 300 USD |
| Starting price | 1 USD |
| Estimate | 1'250 USD |
